Structure of Atom - Result Question 9
####9. The electron was shown experimentally to have wave properties by
[1994]
(a) de Broglie
(b) Davisson and Germer
(c) N. Bohr
(d) Schrodinger.
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Solution:
- (b) Wave nature of electron was shown by Davisson and Germer. Davisson and Germer demonstrated the physical reality of the wave nature of electrons by showing that a beam of electrons could also be diffracted by crystals just like light of $x$-rays.