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Grade 12th passPhysical Chemistry

The uncertainty in velocity of an electron present in the nucleus of diameter 10-15m hypothetically should be approximately

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8 Years agoGrade 12th pass
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Profile image of ARYAN BHUSHAN
8 Years ago
electron cannot be present in the nucleus,therefore uncertainty in position i.e delta x =infinity,so using Uncertainty principle
delta x *delta v=h/2pi and we get,uncertainty in velocity=0.