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Bastian74
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If you were to release a free electron in a total vacuum what would its behavior be?
Say you released it from the center of a sphere with a surface capable of detecting the electron when it comes in contact. Wouldn't you be able to calculate the speed and direction of the electron by the time it took to get from the center to where ever it connected?
Or does it just wiggle around randomly through space?
Does the uncertainty principle apply only to electrons in orbit?
Thanks,
Eric
Say you released it from the center of a sphere with a surface capable of detecting the electron when it comes in contact. Wouldn't you be able to calculate the speed and direction of the electron by the time it took to get from the center to where ever it connected?
Or does it just wiggle around randomly through space?
Does the uncertainty principle apply only to electrons in orbit?
Thanks,
Eric