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i tried to apply uncertainty principle to an electron confined in a 3d box of size 1fm.
i got uncertainty in velocity Δv to be of the order 1010 m/sec.so i thought maybe i should have taken relativistic mass instead of rest mass.
but i realized that for calculating relativistic mass we need to know the velocity of the particle.but since we don't know that,
i was wondering whether we could ascertain whether its possible for electron to be confined in a 3d box of that size?
i got uncertainty in velocity Δv to be of the order 1010 m/sec.so i thought maybe i should have taken relativistic mass instead of rest mass.
but i realized that for calculating relativistic mass we need to know the velocity of the particle.but since we don't know that,
i was wondering whether we could ascertain whether its possible for electron to be confined in a 3d box of that size?