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Past exam of the physics A course of the University of Cambridge 2016 Paper 1 Section A 2 Solution by
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Nonrelativistic acceleration from rest gives and . The observed deflection is the angle between incident and diffracted beams, , so Bragg's law at first order givesHere . The numerical evaluation uses the externally documented CODATA 2014 values , and ; it does not assert which rounded constants were in the exam's handbook. Relativistic corrections at this voltage are negligible at the precision of the angle.[ref]
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