An electron is continuously accelerated in a vacuum tube by the application of a potential differen

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An electron is continuously accelerated in a vacuum tube by the application of a potential di­fference. If its de Broglie wavelength decreases by 1% over a path length of l cm, then its kinetic energy

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$\lambda = \frac{h}{\sqrt{2mE}} \Rightarrow \frac{E_{2}}{E_{1}} = \left( \frac{\lambda_{1}}{\lambda_{2}} \right)^{2} = \left( \frac{100}{99} \right)^{2} = 1.02$∴ E2 is about 2% greater than E1.

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