Einstein, in his famous \"photoelectric effect experiment\" demonstrated that li

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Einstein, in his famous "photoelectric effect experiment" demonstrated that light can behave as a waves. In 1924, Louis de Broglie suggested that just as light exhibits wave properties. All microscopic material particles such as electrons, protons, atoms, molecules etc. have also dual character. They behave as a particle as well as wave. This means that an electron which has been regarded as a particle also behaves like a wave. The particle nature of an electron is explained by classical mechanics. For example, electron has a mass ~ 9.1 X10*-31 kg. But the classical mechanics fails to explain the wave nature of electron. The wave nature of electron is explained by quantum mechanics. Can you give more examples of wave behavior of electron in order to illustrate dual character of electron?

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Example that suggest the wave nature of electrone is diffraction of electrones from crystal pannel in solid materials.

In the bohr model of atomic energy level the electron waves can be visualised as wrapping around the circumference of electron orbit in such a way to experience constructive interference.

Wave nature theory is applicable only on microscopic bodies because in case of heavy bodies the wavelength of wave will be too small to measure.

Whenever a body moves with a very high speed then it tends to become blur and look like wave around the body .

In the same way when electron moves wuth high speed it shows a wave nature.

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