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JEE Main 2015 · 11 Apr · Shift 1, Chemistry question 33

At temperature T, the average kinetic energy of any particle is 32kT\dfrac32kT. The de Broglie wavelength follows the order :

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Official answer: C

A visible photon has λ≈400\lambda\approx400-700 nm. A thermal particle has λ=h3mkT\lambda=\dfrac h{\sqrt{3mkT}}: about 6 nm for an electron at 300 K and about 0.15 nm for a neutron. So visible photon > thermal electron > thermal neutron.