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I know that λ=h/p, but how do you find the wavelength of electrons from different quantum levels using the circumference of the electron's orbit?
Simon Bridge
Dec10-11, 09:25 PM
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http://www.physicsforums.com/showthread.php?t=80471
Presumably you can relate momentum to the energy level?
You know the relation between the deBroglie wavelength and the circumference of the orbit?
I don't know that this is a model worth going into a great deal with.
I do know that nλ=2πr(or the circumference). I know the energy states and the radii of each state, but would this give me the wavelength (λ)?
Simon Bridge
Dec10-11, 10:02 PM
The nth energy level has circumference n deBroglie wavelengths.
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