The wave property of electrons implies that they will show diffraction effects. Davisson and Germer demonstrated this by diffracting electrons from crystals. The law governing the diffraction from a crystal is obtained by requiring that electron waves reflected from the planes of atoms in a crystal interfere constructively (see figure).

  • A
    $d \cos i = n \lambda_{dB}$
  • B
    $d \sin i = n \lambda_{dB}$
  • C
    $2 d \sin i = n \lambda_{dB}$
  • D
    $2 d \cos i = n \lambda_{dB}$

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