Wave-Particle Duality
Cards (27)
- What is the phenomenon called when light behaves as both a particle and a wave?
- How does light interact with matter?
- What provides evidence for light behaving as a particle?
- How does light propagate through space?
- What experiment demonstrates the wave nature of light?
- What occurs during diffraction of waves?
- What happens when light passes through a slit similar in width to its wavelength?
- Who proposed that light can be described as quanta of energy?
- What are photons?
- What does the equation E = hf represent?
- What is the threshold frequency in the photoelectric effect?
- How does the wave theory of light explain photoelectric emission?
- What does the wave theory suggest about energy absorption by electrons?
- How does the kinetic energy of emitted electrons relate to radiation intensity?
- What is observed when light frequency is above the threshold?
- What does the wave theory fail to explain?
- Who discovered that matter can behave as a wave?
- What is produced when a beam of electrons is directed at a thin graphite film?
- Why can't diffraction be explained by describing electrons as particles?
- What must electrons be focused through to observe diffraction?
- Why is graphite film ideal for observing electron diffraction?
- What happens to the diameter of diffraction rings with larger accelerating voltage?
- What happens to the diameter of diffraction rings with lower accelerating voltage?
- What is the experimental setup to demonstrate electron diffraction?
- How does increasing voltage affect the energy and speed of electrons?
- What is the relationship between kinetic energy and voltage across the anode-cathode?
- What is the equation for kinetic energy of electrons?