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As we know that an atomic particle behaves like light wave when we accelerate it.

2006-08-25 07:15:21 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics Physics

o.k.Modifying question,What will the physical condition like mass,energy,charge or existance of an atomic particle when we decreases its speed with applying force like magnetic field or something else.hope now u can understand what i want to know?

2006-08-26 05:45:06 · update #1

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First of all, speeds are always measured within a given reference frame. There are no absolute speeds.
So it is entirely possible that, without even doing anything at all, there exists a reference frame already in which an observer would measure an atom's speed to be zero.....does that mean the atom does not exist? No.

All particles behave can like waves, not just when we accelerate them. Photons, Electrons, cats, even you and I have a wave nature. Certain objects however are too "big" / massive for the wave nature to have a real influence....only very small things.
Electrons, for example, do have a significant wave-like nature.
Atoms, by comparison to electrons, are very big and massive (orders of magnitude more massive) and do not have a significant wave nature.

The Heisenberg uncertainly principle always applies. We cannot know the exact speed and position of any object at the same time. The more you know about the object's speed, the less you know about its position.
If we KNEW the EXACT speed of an atom, we would have no idea of its position.

2006-08-25 07:30:59 · answer #1 · answered by mrjeffy321 7 · 0 0

Well, to be exact, you cannot actually reduce a particle's velocity to zero. This is due to a pricipal in quantum mechanics commonly known as the "Heisenberg uncertainty principle." This essentially states that you cannot know a particle's position and momentum to an unlimited degree of accuracy. Since a nonmoving particle would have both its velocity and position specified, it would violate this principle. Hence an atomic particle's speed will always be nonzero, although it may become very small.

2006-08-25 14:27:29 · answer #2 · answered by locke9k 2 · 0 0

The temperature will reduce to 0°K=-273.15°C

2006-08-29 10:51:40 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

Simply an exchange of kinetic energy.

2006-08-25 14:38:24 · answer #4 · answered by Sleeping Troll 5 · 0 0

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