Chemical Principles
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Author: Steven S. Zumdahl, Donald J. DeCoste
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Chapter 12, Problem 32E
What experimental evidence supports the quantum theoryof light? Explain the wave−particle duality of allmatter. For what size particle must one consider both thewave and the particle properties?
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