i would like to reenact thomas young's double slit wave-particle experiment.?

Question

i would like to reenact thomas young's double slit wave-particle experiment. what do i need to do this in my home? what...what kind of hazards am I getting into?

i dont have the fancy lab equipment, just a torch light (does it matter what kind?), cardboard boxes to the make the slits through and a white wall. WILL THIS HELP AT ALL?

Answer 1

you'll be able to do the two-slit experiment with light, but not electrons. unless you can figure out how to fire single electrons at home. good luck with that. anyway, heres a site that tells you how to do the experiment with a laser at home. and no hazards, just dont look into the laser :)

edit: what fancy lab equipment? a laser pointer, a glass slide, and an exacto knife? Thats hardly fancy lab equipment...

Answer 2

You'll only need a screen with 2 thin slits, a source of light like a sodium lamp which will provide a single wave-length emission of light and another screen behind the slit-screen to observe the diffration fringes.

Answer 3

It's a cool trick - a common high school physics experiment. you need a Laser light (because it has a uniform wavelength) and a barrier with two slits in it! Very simple.
Refer to the web entry below and google it - there's plenty of information out there.

Answer 4

man u have no idea of what youre dealing with...jus make sure you dont work with electron beams and compare the outcome with light beams...it will turn out to be a bizzare but one hell of an experience...(i dont mean electric shocks or any other hazard to life of course...:|)...and its not a simple double slit it needs...it needs to satisfy a certain dimention they also have to be properly spaced..also the screen cant be too far or too near...i forgot the relevant equations but u can ask ure teacher

Answer 5

Thats a nice idea. 5 stars!