So, I did a search and didn't find anything I specifically mean to talk about and wish to discuss. I am trying to grasp how all matter is particulate and wavelike. how can an electron be both? If a singular electron is sent through a diffraction grating, a diffraction pattern is shown. if you have a sensory on each slit to sense which slit the electron travels through, it goes through both but its one electron and still creates a diffraction pattern. i dont get it. how the hell can it be a particle yet a wave simultaneously and then be in the s d p and f energy levels? I'm also pretty sure i dont under stand the whole"packet" of energy thing... is the packet a photon?

oddly enough, i find it interesting... i just don't have the tools to explain it...

Oddly enough, I dropped out of high school and I dont know what on earth you are talking about. Ha!

What he means is.. he doesn't have the first clue as to what you're talking about.

Average speed = Distance traveled / Time of Travel
Average velocity = A position / Time = Displacement / Time

Im not sure any1 really understands it. ive been doing physics for a few years now and im still not sure. its probably best to think of the electron as being neither a particle or a wave, its something else more complicated. however the particle and wave model are useful models, which can be used to describe the electron, sometimes the wave model is more appropriate, other times the particle one is better used.

I think the photon is the name given to the particle of light, if light is considered to be particulate. so yes the photon is the packet of energy which light is made up of

So is a laser really a particle beam, in essence?

No, that would make a laser beam a particle accelerator. Because the light is amplified by it's gaining speed...SCIENCE..it HURTS@!!!!

no, that would be your position...

Nope the light doesnt gain speed. What a laser does is sychronise the photons so they all arrive in phase, giving you a beam of coherent light.

well thanks for trying to help, i had more or less given up on this thread. im glad someone came along and took note of it. thanks but im still in the same damn place haha

That was brilliant. Attempting to insult me by playing off my retort.

Oh, goodness gracious! You moderate this board! I could be.... *gasp* BANNED.

sorry i couldnt be more helpful, if you have any more questions just ask and ill try my best to answer them

haha its exam time soon i dont think im ever going to understand. i think i might just give up and be an artist instead lmao