Q. G. P. Thomson experimentally confirmed the existence of matter waves by the phenomenon
A) Diffraction
B) Refraction
C) Polarisation
D) Scattering
Explanation
(b) G.P. Thomson experimentally confirmed the existence of matter waves (de-Broglie hypothesis)by demonstrating that electron beams are diffracted when they are scattered by the regular atomic arrays of crystals.
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