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Quantum mechanics (QM) is a set of scientific principles describing the known behavior of energy and matter that predominate at the atomic and subatomic scales. QM gets its name from the notion of a quantum, and that quantum value is the Planck constant. The waveparticle duality of energy and matter at the atomic scale provides a unified view of the behavior of particles such as photons and electrons. While the notion of the photon as a quantum of light energy is commonly understood as a particle of light that has an energy value governed by the Planck constant, what is quantized for an electron is the angular momentum it can have as it is bound in an atomic orbital. When not bound to an atom, an electron's energy is no longer quantized, but it displays, like any other massive particle, a Compton wavelength. While a photon does not have mass, it does have linear momentum. The full significance of the Planck constant is expressed in physics through the abstract mathematical notion of action

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  • i like how he dropped in the random fact that protons taste sour. This might sound silly for a moment....but it's true, because ionized hydrogen is basically a free proton. and ionized hydrogen, is acidic, so that's why it tastes sour. During the Manhattan project, Louis Slotin, scientist dropped a neutron reflector over a highly enriched plutonium core. The nuclear reaction then gave rise to a burst of gamma rays, ionizing hydrogen. After the accident , said it tasted sour.

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  • fabulous. had to pause this and dwell over statements like i did watching Inception, but i think i get it. definitely want more.

  • "I see dead protons"

  • very well explained.

  • I wish they actually had more diagrams of what sub-atomic particles would look like, but because of the doubleslit experiment, wouldn't their appearence wave function differ?

  • fow u know if u caan;t even se e or hear

  • good video

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