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Ep: 29 Ch 11 "The Multiverse" Part 5

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The Wave Model of the Electron Is a Particle

The electron can't both be isolated at a single point and spread out throughout all space at the same time. The wave function of an electron would suggest that it is spread out greatly throughout a vast region of space. If we were going to go down that path and regard electrons as waves, the electronis acts far more like a particle than anything else. experiments that can be done, like the photo electric effect, show that electron is, in fact, far more particle like.

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