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Chemistry

Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle

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PYQ 2006
medium
chemistry ID: neet-200

If the mass of electron is 9.11\times 10-31 kg and the planck's constant is 6.626 \times 10-34 Js, then the uncertainty involved in the measurement of velocity within a distance of 0.1 Å is:

1. 5.79\times 106 ms-1

2. 5.79\times 107 ms-1

3. 5.79\times 108 ms-1

4. 5.79\times 105 ms-1

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02
PYQ 2008
easy
chemistry ID: neet-200

If uncertainty in position and momentum are equal, then the uncertainty in velocity is:

1. 12mh\pi

2. h2\pi

3. 1mh\pi

4. h\pi

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03
PYQ 2008
easy
chemistry ID: neet-200
The measurement of the electron position is associated with
uncertainty in momentum,
which is equal to 1 x 10-18 g cm s-1.
The uncertainty in electron velocity will be
(mass of an electron is 9 x 10-28 g)-

1. 2 x 109 cm s-1
2. 1 x 109 cm s-1
3. 1 x 105 cms-1
4. 1 x 1011 cm s-1

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