Wavelike Properties


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Jalaia Jackson 2G
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Wavelike Properties

Postby Jalaia Jackson 2G » Thu Oct 15, 2020 10:19 pm

So based on my understanding, do only atomic sized things have wavelike properties. Because I recall on Prof. Lavelle’s lecture he said any moving particle with momentum has wavelike properties. Thanks.

Selena Quispe 2I
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Re: Wavelike Properties

Postby Selena Quispe 2I » Thu Oct 15, 2020 10:26 pm

In one of his video modules, Lavelle mentioned that all matter has particle and wavelike properties but only noticed for objects (like electrons) with small masses and high velocity! I hope this helps :)

Eliot Kagan 2G
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Re: Wavelike Properties

Postby Eliot Kagan 2G » Sat Oct 17, 2020 1:49 pm

To add to the post above, while all objects have wave-like properties, we consider classical objects like baseballs to have particle-like properties since the lambda is too small to consider.

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Re: Wavelike Properties

Postby Norah Gidanian 3D » Sat Oct 17, 2020 1:51 pm

Hi! I believe that all objects have wavelike properties but they are only noticed for very very small objects.
Hope this helps

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Re: Wavelike Properties

Postby reyvalui_3g » Sun Oct 18, 2020 6:51 pm

The reason why we say that all objects have wavelike properties, is because all matter has wavelike properties while at the same time exhibiting particle like properties. This means that everything is this world will exhibit wavelike properties, it is just that these wavelengths are much too small to detect.


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