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Posted by Lauren on Thursday, November 1, 2007 at 9:30pm.

What is the de Broglie wavelength of an oxygen molecule, O2 traveling at 521 m/s? Is the wavelength much smaller or much larger than the diameter of an atom. (on the order of 100 pm)

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Chemistry - DrBob222, Friday, November 2, 2007 at 12:20am
de Broglie wavelength = h/mv
h = Planck's constant in J*s.
m is mass in kg.
v is velocity in m/s

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