Chemistry chp 1
What is wave-particle duality?
the idea that small particles can act as both waves and particles
Who first proposed the world was made of tiny particles?
Democritus
Who discovered the nucleus
Ernest Rutherford
Who concluded that "energy is quantized"?
Max Planck
Who came up with the uncertianty principle?
Werner Heisenberg
Who discovered wave-particle duality?
Louis de Brogile
What is the uncertianty principle?
we can't measure the position of an electron and its speed at the same time
Who suggested that "light is quantized"?
Albert Einstien
What is the photoelectric effect and who came up with it?
Albert Einstien observed that if a certian metal plate is hit with light, a electron is ejected
what is a blackbody
an object that absorbs light at one frequency and then re-emits another