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Episode 505: Preparation for Wave-particle Duality Topic
Produced by the Institute of Physics, this topic explores the wave-particle nature of matter. As with quantum theory, this is a topic that students are likely to find completely new. They are unlikely to have already met the wave nature of particles or the wave nature of electrons bound within atoms.
The learning episodes in this topic are:
Episode 506: Particles as waves
Episode 507: Standing waves
Following completion of this topic, students should:
1. understand that electron diffraction is evidence for wave-like behaviour
2. be able to use the de Broglie equation
3. identify situations in which a wave model is appropriate, and in which a particle model is appropriate, for explaining phenomena involving light and electrons
4. use a standing wave model for electrons in an atom.
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