General Chemistry: Atoms First
2nd Edition
ISBN: 9780321809261
Author: John E. McMurry, Robert C. Fay
Publisher: Prentice Hall
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Chapter 2, Problem 2.54SP
At what speed in meters per second must a 145 g baseball be traveling to have a de Broglie wavelength of 0.500 nm?
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General Chemistry: Atoms First
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