5.111 | Fall 2008 | Undergraduate

Principles of Chemical Science

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Wave-particle duality of light

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Lecture notes on the (failure of) the classical description of an atom, introduction to quantum mechanics: wave-particle duality, light as a wave, characteristics of waves, light as a particle, and the photoelectric effect.

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Wave-particle duality of light

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