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Uranium235
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Hello again!
So this time I have a few questions about the wave nature of the electron. So I've read that an electron can behave both as a wave and as a particle. My questions are regarding the electron as a wave.
1) When does the electron behave as a wave? Is it a transverse or longitudinal wave? I know that the electron has been observed to have wave like characteristics in double slit experiments and particle like characteristics in some others, but I would like to know if the electron is always both wave and particle or if it alternates.
2) What is the medium through which the electron-wave travels? Is it the electric field?
3) If it is a transverse wave through the electric field, does this mean that it can undergo linear polarization by passing through a polarizing filter?
So this time I have a few questions about the wave nature of the electron. So I've read that an electron can behave both as a wave and as a particle. My questions are regarding the electron as a wave.
1) When does the electron behave as a wave? Is it a transverse or longitudinal wave? I know that the electron has been observed to have wave like characteristics in double slit experiments and particle like characteristics in some others, but I would like to know if the electron is always both wave and particle or if it alternates.
2) What is the medium through which the electron-wave travels? Is it the electric field?
3) If it is a transverse wave through the electric field, does this mean that it can undergo linear polarization by passing through a polarizing filter?