A surface is examined using a scanning tunneling microscope (STM).For the range of the working gap,L,between the tip and the sample surface,assume that the electron wave function for the atoms under investigation falls off exponentially as .The tunneling current through the STM tip is proportional to the tunneling probability.In this situation,the ratio of the current when the STM tip is 0.410 nm above a surface feature to the current when the tip is at an unknown distance above the surface is 1.37.The unknown distance is
A)0.405 nm.
B)0.412 nm.
C)0.423 nm.
D)0.438 nm.
E)0.450 nm.

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A surface is examined using a scanning tunneling microscope (STM).For the range of the working gap,L,between the tip and the sample surface,assume that the electron wave function for the atoms under investigation falls off exponentially as  .The tunneling current through the STM tip is proportional to the tunneling probability.In this situation,the ratio of the current when the STM tip is 0.410 nm above a surface feature to the current when the tip is at an unknown distance above the surface is 1.37.The unknown distance is
A)0.405 nm. 
B)0.412 nm. 
C)0.423 nm. 
D)0.438 nm. 
E)0.450 nm.

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The Answer of A surface is examined using a scanning tunneling microscope (STM).For the range of the working gap,L,between the tip and the sample surface,assume that the electron wave function for the atoms under investigation falls off exponentially as  .The tunneling current through the STM tip is proportional to the tunneling probability.In this situation,the ratio of the current when the STM tip is 0.410 nm above a surface feature to the current when the tip is at an unknown distance above the surface is 1.37.The unknown distance is
A)0.405 nm. 
B)0.412 nm. 
C)0.423 nm. 
D)0.438 nm. 
E)0.450 nm.

A Surface Is Examined Using a Scanning Tunneling Microscope (STM)