Question

What is the de Broglie wavelength of a red blood cell with a mass of 1.00 * 10-11 g that is moving with a speed of 0.400 cm/s? Do we need to be concerned with the wave nature of the blood cells when we describe the flow of blood in the body?

Answer 1

Answer:

The wavelength is "$=16.5675\times 10^{-18} \ m$".

Explanation:

Given:

Mass,

m = $1\times 10^{-11} \ g$

Speed,

V = $0.400 \ cm/s$

or,

  = $0.4\times 10^{-2}$

According to De Broglie,

The wavelength will be:

⇒ $\lambda = \frac{h}{mV}$

      $=\frac{6.627\times 10^{-34}}{1\times 10^{-11}\times 10^{-3}\times 0.4\times 10^{-2}}$

      $=16.5675\times 10^{-18} \ m$

So, blood cells move these wavelength.