Does the Quantum Model Quantize Everything?

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Does the model basically quantisize everything?
 
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chound said:
Does the model basically quantisize everything?

No it doesn't. The conduction band of a conductor is derived using quantum theory, and that's continuous. The energy and momentum of a free particle can be anything when you solve the Schrödinger equation. There's no "quantization" there.

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