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So basically my physics teacher expects us to write us an essay on wave-particle duality over Christmas, even though we have our mocks after Christmas and he hasn't actually taught us it. I have read about it on a couple of websites, but would appreciate some help understanding it. Any attempts to explain it/ useful links/videos will be much appreciated, thank you
Topics he expects us to cover in our essay:
How I know light is a wave
How I know light is a particle
How I know electrons and alpha particles behave as particles
How I know electrons and alpha particles behave as waves
Are light and electrons waves, particles, both or neither?
What is a particle wave?
Topics he expects us to cover in our essay:
How I know light is a wave
How I know light is a particle
How I know electrons and alpha particles behave as particles
How I know electrons and alpha particles behave as waves
Are light and electrons waves, particles, both or neither?
What is a particle wave?
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(Original post by IssyCon)
So basically my physics teacher expects us to write us an essay on wave-particle duality over Christmas, even though we have our mocks after Christmas and he hasn't actually taught us it. I have read about it on a couple of websites, but would appreciate some help understanding it. Any attempts to explain it/ useful links/videos will be much appreciated, thank you
Topics he expects us to cover in our essay:
So basically my physics teacher expects us to write us an essay on wave-particle duality over Christmas, even though we have our mocks after Christmas and he hasn't actually taught us it. I have read about it on a couple of websites, but would appreciate some help understanding it. Any attempts to explain it/ useful links/videos will be much appreciated, thank you
Topics he expects us to cover in our essay:
Consider diffraction, interference (young's double slits), etc
How I know light is a particle
Consider photoelectric effect
How I know electrons and alpha particles behave as particles
They have mass, momentum etc
How I know electrons and alpha particles behave as waves
Look up election diffraction
Are light and electrons waves, particles, both or neither?
What is a particle wave?
Look up wave-particle duality
Those are some prompts to guide your research
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(Original post by kingaaran)
How I know light is a wave
Consider diffraction, interference (young's double slits), etc
How I know light is a particle
Consider photoelectric effect
How I know electrons and alpha particles behave as particles
They have mass, momentum etc
How I know electrons and alpha particles behave as waves
Look up election diffraction
Are light and electrons waves, particles, both or neither?
What is a particle wave?
Look up wave-particle duality
Those are some prompts to guide your research
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How I know light is a wave
Consider diffraction, interference (young's double slits), etc
How I know light is a particle
Consider photoelectric effect
How I know electrons and alpha particles behave as particles
They have mass, momentum etc
How I know electrons and alpha particles behave as waves
Look up election diffraction
Are light and electrons waves, particles, both or neither?
What is a particle wave?
Look up wave-particle duality
Those are some prompts to guide your research
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(Original post by IssyCon)
So basically my physics teacher expects us to write us an essay on wave-particle duality over Christmas, even though we have our mocks after Christmas and he hasn't actually taught us it. I have read about it on a couple of websites, but would appreciate some help understanding it. Any attempts to explain it/ useful links/videos will be much appreciated, thank you
Topics he expects us to cover in our essay:
How I know light is a wave
How I know light is a particle
How I know electrons and alpha particles behave as particles
How I know electrons and alpha particles behave as waves
Are light and electrons waves, particles, both or neither?
What is a particle wave?
So basically my physics teacher expects us to write us an essay on wave-particle duality over Christmas, even though we have our mocks after Christmas and he hasn't actually taught us it. I have read about it on a couple of websites, but would appreciate some help understanding it. Any attempts to explain it/ useful links/videos will be much appreciated, thank you
Topics he expects us to cover in our essay:
How I know light is a wave
How I know light is a particle
How I know electrons and alpha particles behave as particles
How I know electrons and alpha particles behave as waves
Are light and electrons waves, particles, both or neither?
What is a particle wave?
Just to write about Wave particle duality in general: there were different experiments done to light. According to the experiments (kinggaaran has named some of them above), their results and meanings lead to different appearance and imaginations of light. That is why the wave and the particle go for the light. These experiments have shown up that their is not a clear, but different appearance to light. According to what is examined by an experiment, light can be described as a wave or a particle. Hope this was a food for thought in terms of how to write an introduction for your essay.
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