wave particle motion

Upto the year 1924, electron was exclusively regarded as a particle. However, in 1924, de-Broglie suggested that an electron behaves both as a material particle and as a wave. Just like light, some experimental facts can be explained by assuming electrons as tiny ..

Introduction - In the previous chapters we studied the different types of motion like uniform motion, accelerated motion, projectile motion and periodic motion. We then learnt to relate the acceleration of the body to the force applied. In this chap..

In this type of wave motion, the individual particles of the medium vibrate parallel to the direction in which the wave travels. Example: The waves along the length of a spring when one end of it is suddenly compressed or pulled out and then release..

Summary - WAVE is a form of disturbance, which travels through a material medium due to the repeated periodic motion of the particles of the medium about their position. Mechanical wave is a periodic disturbance, which requires a material medium for its propa..

Wave motion is the propagation of a disturbance produced in a medium by the repeated periodic motion of the particles of the medium. It is only the energy of the disturbance that moves forward without any mass transfer. In an elastic medium, the frequ..

Differentiating equation (1.7) with respect to x, We get, The velocity of the particle whose displacement y is represented by equation (1.7), is obtained by differentiating it with respect to t, since velocity is the rate of change of displacement with respect to time. Comparing eq..

Waves and Wave Motion..

Most of us have seen the formation of ripples when a pebble is dropped into a pond. The ripples are produced due to the disturbance created by the pebble. The ripples travel in concentric circles of ever-increasing radius till they strike the boundary of the pon..

A particle occupies a well-defined position in space, which cannot be simultaneously occupied by another particle. If there is more than one particle in a given region of space, then their sum is equal to the number of individual particles. The sum can ..

The suggestion that matter may have wave like properties was first put forwarded in 1924-1925 by Louis De Broglie. He argued that if light, which consists of waves according to classical picture, can sometimes behave like particles, then it should be possible for matt..