## Heisenberg's uncertainty

$\Delta p \Delta x\geq \frac{h}{4\pi }$

AprilPaz
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### Heisenberg's uncertainty

What is the importance of the photons and electrons untangling and what effect does it have on Heisenberg's Indeterminacy Equation?

Aiden Metzner 2C
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### Re: Heisenberg's uncertainty

Electrons have to be outside of the atoms nucleus. Photons are in the nucleus, but if electrons were there, according to heisenbergs principle the uncertainty in the position would be too small and would therefore make the indeterminacy in the speed of the electron faster then the speed of light, which is impossible. So the protons and electrons have to be untangled and the uncertainty in the electron position has to be larger, so the speed can be smaller.

Edmund Zhi 2B
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### Re: Heisenberg's uncertainty

If the electrons did collapse to the nucleus of an atom, then the Heisenberg uncertainty principle would predict the uncertainty in velocity is greater than the speed of light, which is believe impossible.