Chemical Principles: The Quest for Insight
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Author: Peter Atkins, Loretta Jones, Leroy Laverman
Publisher: W. H. Freeman
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Chapter 1, Problem 1B.5BST
Interpretation Introduction
Interpretation:
The minimum uncertainty in the speed of the vehicle has to be calculated.
Concept Introduction:
Uncertainty principle:
Uncertainty principle states that if the location of a particle is known to within an uncertainty
Mathematically,
Where,
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