wave-like properties

[Darlene Luu 1H]

Hi! How can you determine if something has wave-like properties or not? Thanks.

[Ivan_Tang_2G]

you can determine this if it has amplitude, wavelength, and frequency. these are all needed to know it is wave-like.

[Chloe Borja 2D]

Hello! Just wanted to add on that if you're referring to matter, all matter technically has wave-like properties; it's just harder to see in matter with a larger mass. If you look at the de Broglie equation, you'd see how momentum (p = mv) is in the denominator. Therefore, the larger the mass, the less obvious the wavelengths.

[Mason_Hoppe_1A]

Adding on to Chloe's response, the de Broglie equation is in which lambda is the wavelength and p is mass times velocity. In this way, the smaller the molecule or the lesser its velocity, the greater its wavelength. Wavelengths that are too large are unobservable, in this manner, any matter that is small enough and/or moving quickly enough will have observable wavelike properties.