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Electrons can behave like waves

Electrons can behave like waves

Schematic of an electron diffraction tube with electron gun, thin polycrystalline graphite, diffracted electron cones, and concentric rings on a fluorescent screen Wave-particle duality means a quantum object can show both particle-like and wave-like behaviour, depending on the experiment. Electrons arrive at a detector as localised impacts, so they are not just waves in the everyday sense.

Wave–particle duality Lesson

  1. A Level
  2. /Physics
  3. /Wave–particle duality