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    Scientists have found that electrons can behave as both particles and waves. Max Planck discovered that light energy is emitted and absorbed in discrete quanta called photons. Albert Einstein explained the photoelectric effect by suggesting that light is made of photons that collide with atoms. Louis de Broglie introduced the idea that electrons can be described as waves, which was supported by experiments showing electrons diffracting and spreading like waves.

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    Scientists have found that electrons can behave as both particles and waves. Max Planck discovered that light energy is emitted and absorbed in discrete quanta called photons. Albert Einstein explained the photoelectric effect by suggesting that light is made of photons that collide with atoms. Louis de Broglie introduced the idea that electrons can be described as waves, which was supported by experiments showing electrons diffracting and spreading like waves.

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    Scientists have found that electrons can behave as both particles and waves. Max Planck discovered that light energy is emitted and absorbed in discrete quanta called photons. Albert Einstein explained the photoelectric effect by suggesting that light is made of photons that collide with atoms. Louis de Broglie introduced the idea that electrons can be described as waves, which was supported by experiments showing electrons diffracting and spreading like waves.

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    Scientists have found that electrons can behave as both particles and waves. Max Planck discovered that light energy is emitted and absorbed in discrete quanta called photons. Albert Einstein explained the photoelectric effect by suggesting that light is made of photons that collide with atoms. Louis de Broglie introduced the idea that electrons can be described as waves, which was supported by experiments showing electrons diffracting and spreading like waves.

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    QUANTUM THEORY
    Energy is not...
    emitted or absorbed
    continuously. It is
    emitted
    or in the form of wave
    packets or quanta. In
    case of LIGHT, the
    quantum of energy is
    often called Photon.

    MAX PLANCK
    Light is a beam of particles whose energies are
    related to their frequencies according to Planck's
    formula. When that beam is directed at a metal,
    the photons collide with the atoms. If a photon's
    frequency is sufficient to knock off an electron, the
    collision produces the photoelectric effect.

    ALBERT EINSTEIN
    Electrons as
    Waves
    BRIEF INTRODUCTION

    In 1924 Louis de Broglie introduced the


    idea that particles, such as electrons,
    could be described not only as particles
    but also as waves. This was substantiated
    by the way streams of electrons were

    LOUIE de BROGLIE reflected against crystals and spread


    through thin metal foils.
    Young's experiment was based on

    the hypothesis that if light were


    wave-like in nature, then it should When an electron beam passed through a nickel crystal, diffraction
    patterns appeared.
    behave in a manner similar to
    ripples or waves on a pond of
    water.

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