The formula for the de Broglie wavelength #λ# is
#color(blue)(bar(ul(|color(white)(a/a)λ = h/(mv)color(white)(a/a)|)))" "#
where
#h =# Planck's constant
#m =# the mass of the electron
#v =# the speed of the electron.
Calculate the speed of the electron
The energy #E# of a hydrogen electron in an orbit is
#E = -R_text(H)/n^2#
where
#R_text(H) =# the Rydberg energy constant (#2.180 × 10^"-18"color(white)(l) "J"#)
Since #n = 1#,
#E_1 = "-2.180 × 10"^"-18"color(white)(l) "J"#
#KE = "-"E_1 = 2.180 × 10^"-18"color(white)(l) "J"#
#KE = 1/2mv^2#
#v = sqrt((2KE)/m) = sqrt((2 × 2.180 × 10^"-18" color(red)(cancel(color(black)("J"))))/(9.11 × 10^"-31" color(red)(cancel(color(black)("kg")))) × (1 color(red)(cancel(color(black)("kg")))·"m"^2"s"^"-2")/(1 color(red)(cancel(color(black)("J"))))) = sqrt(4.786 × 10^12color(white)(l) "m"^2"s"^"-2") = 2.188 × 10^6color(white)(l) "m·s"^"-1"#
Calculate the de Broglie wavelength
#λ = h/(mv) = (6.626 × 10^"-34" color(red)(cancel(color(black)("J·s"))))/(9.109 × 10^"-31" color(red)(cancel(color(black)("kg"))) × 2.188 × 10^6 color(red)(cancel(color(black)("m·s"^"-1")))) × (1 color(red)(cancel(color(black)("kg")))·"m"^color(red)(cancel(color(black)(2)))·color(red)(cancel(color(black)("s"^"-2"))))/(1 color(red)(cancel(color(black)("J")))) = 3.325× 10^"-10"color(white)(l) "m" = "332.5 pm"#
