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State the importance of Davisson and Germer experiment.

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The Davisson and Germer experiment are probably one of the most important experiments ever since it substantiated de Broglie’s hypothesis of wave-particle duality. It verified that De Broglie's “matter wave” hypothesis applied to matter (electrons) as well as light.

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