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The wavelength of light from the spectral emission line of sodium is 589 nm. Find the kinetic energy at which
(a) an electron, and
(b) a neutron, would have the same de Broglie wavelength.

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(a) `6.95xx10^(-25)J=4.34mueV`
(b) `3.78xx10^(-28)J=0.236neV`
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