The first 25 years of the twentieth century were momentous
for t...

Question

The first 25 years of the twentieth century were momentous 
for the rapid pace of change in scientists’ understanding 
of the nature of matter. (b) In what ways is de Broglie’s hypothesis, as it applies to 
electrons, consistent with J. J. Thomson’s conclusion that 
the electron has mass? In what sense is it consistent with 
proposals preceding Thomson’s work that the cathode rays 
are a wave phenomenon?

Accepted Answer

Hey everyone, we're asked to identify the incorrect statement. Starting off with our first one, we have to broccoli hypothesize that electrons exhibits both particle and wave properties. This statement is going to be correct and this is actually what bridged the gap in Thompson's observations. Moving on to our next statement, we have Thompson concluded that electrons having mass is a particle property, whereas cathode raids have wave properties. This statement is also correct and it also relates to our first statement, in which we said that it bridged the gap between Thompson and broccoli. Moving on to our third statement, we have the broccoli's concept of the electron matter wave provides a rationale for the quantization of the electron's angular momentum in boards model of the hydrogen atom. This statement is also correct because it is in fact true. Lastly, we have broccoli concluded that atoms are mostly empty space. Now this is going to be our correct answer. And the reason why this is incorrect is because this was actually Rutherford's experiments. So I hope this made sense. And let us know if you have any questions

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