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Why is it impossible to know the position and velocity of an electron at the same time?
Since you can only “see” electrons with super high energy light, the “seeing” process actually changes the momentum of the electron and sends it flying. So you can’t know both position and momentum with accuracy.
Why do we not know where electrons are?
Electrons are something for which there is no macroscopic equivalent. The more precisely you know the position of an electron the less you will know about its energy. The more precisely you know the energy of an electron, the less you will know about its position.
Who said you Cannot know both the location and the speed of an electron at the same time?
2 Answers. Basically Heisenberg tells us that you cannot know with absolute certainty simultaneously both the position and momentum of a particle.
What states the impossibility of knowing both velocity and position of a moving particle at the same time?
The Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle states that it is impossible to determine simultaneously both the position and the velocity of a particle.
Can you observe an electron?
If indeed Quantum Mechanics describes how the world “really works,” then the concept of observing an electron may actually be impossible due to the statistical behaviors of quantum waveform collapse. Nothing is observed without some physical process ‘performing’ the observation.
Can we ever see an electron?
Now it is possible to see a movie of an electron. Previously it has been impossible to photograph electrons since their extremely high velocities have produced blurry pictures. In order to capture these rapid events, extremely short flashes of light are necessary, but such flashes were not previously available.
Why electron Cannot exist in the nucleus explain with the help of Uncertainty Principle?
Second reason that electron can not exist inside the nucleus is that experimental results show that no electron or particle in the atom possess energy greater than 4 MeV. Therefore, it is confirmed that electrons do not exist inside the nucleus. The uncertainty principle states that ∆x∆px < h/2pi.