## exhibiting wave-like properties

$\lambda=\frac{h}{p}$

Sara Lakamsani 4D
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### exhibiting wave-like properties

Could someone remind me of the minimum wavelength at which a particle is said to exhibit wave-like properties?

Caitlin_Murphy_3C
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### Re: exhibiting wave-like properties

All particles are said to have wave-like properties. However, it is whether or not they are measurable that is the question. I believe it was said that wavelength is "measurable" when it anything larger than about 10^-14 m.

Zoya Mulji 1K
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### Re: exhibiting wave-like properties

In lecture today, it was said that a particle with less than 10^-15m wavelength does not have detectable wavelength properties. If the mass is higher, it will have a smaller wavelength and therefore is more likely to only have particle-like behavior and not wave-like behavior.

nickianel_4b
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### Re: exhibiting wave-like properties

During the lecture when we were discussing De Broglie's equation, he said that any moving particle that has a wavelength smaller than 10^-15 m does not have detectable wavelike properties. Instead it will behave more like a particle.

Natalie C 1K
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### Re: exhibiting wave-like properties

in lecture, he said that any moving particle has wavelike properties with wavelength, but these wavelengths are not detectable when they are less than 10^-15m