Using a TV Set to Show Electron Diffraction
We show the feasibility of constructing a simple set-up to demonstrate the diffraction of electrons starting from a standard TV set. Two concentric rings around a central maxima appears on the screen of the modified TV set corresponding to atomic planes (1, 0, 0) and (1, 1, 0) of a hexagonal structu...
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| Formato: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2013 |
| País: | Panamá |
| Recursos: | Universidad Tecnológica de Panamá |
| Repositorio: | Repositorio Institucional de documento digitales de acceso abierto de la UTP |
| Idioma: | inglés |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:ridda2.utp.ac.pa:123456789/2370 |
| Acesso em linha: | http://ridda2.utp.ac.pa/handle/123456789/2370 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palavra-chave: | Cathode ray tube electron diffraction Planck’s constant |
| Resumo: | We show the feasibility of constructing a simple set-up to demonstrate the diffraction of electrons starting from a standard TV set. Two concentric rings around a central maxima appears on the screen of the modified TV set corresponding to atomic planes (1, 0, 0) and (1, 1, 0) of a hexagonal structure of graphite sample. A reasonable Planck’s constant value is determined through the slope of a plot of λd2 vs 1/V where we used the average Bragg wavelength for both diffraction rings for each value of accelerating voltage. Since wave particle behavior of matter is shown, we believe this simple set-up is useful for introductory physics courses at high school and undergraduate levels. |
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