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<blockquote data-quote="frogslinger" data-source="post: 89880" data-attributes="member: 3117"><p>Quantum physics in a nutshell...</p><p></p><p>If you take a 100w incandescent lightbulb and turn it on it produces white light... as you know white light contains all wavelengths in the visible spectrum as well as UV and IR. How many differnt wavelengths are there in this spectrum? An infinite number... red for example is about 650nm but you can break that down... 649.9 is red so is 649.99 so is 649.99 and 649.999 and so on. Between 649 and 650 there are an infinite number of possible wavelengths. So we now have this 100w lightbulb putting out a finite amount of light (you cam measure it at any given wavelength) on an infinite number of wavelengths. Anyone notice the problem? No matter how small that finite amount of light energy is, when you multiply the power at each wavelength and add them all up you end up with an infinite amount of power... which is cool and all but it violates conservation of energy.</p><p></p><p>To get around this the concept of a quanta was created. This is the minimum amount of energy that can be broadcast on a given wavelength. Because of this minimum requirement the lightbuld only transmits on certain wavelengths at a time... the ones that it tries to put out at a level of lower than a quanta get no energy at all. So instead of a smooth waveform you get a bunch of finite and countable steps.</p><p></p><p>Everything else in quantum physics is an extrapolation off of this and observations.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="frogslinger, post: 89880, member: 3117"] Quantum physics in a nutshell... If you take a 100w incandescent lightbulb and turn it on it produces white light... as you know white light contains all wavelengths in the visible spectrum as well as UV and IR. How many differnt wavelengths are there in this spectrum? An infinite number... red for example is about 650nm but you can break that down... 649.9 is red so is 649.99 so is 649.99 and 649.999 and so on. Between 649 and 650 there are an infinite number of possible wavelengths. So we now have this 100w lightbulb putting out a finite amount of light (you cam measure it at any given wavelength) on an infinite number of wavelengths. Anyone notice the problem? No matter how small that finite amount of light energy is, when you multiply the power at each wavelength and add them all up you end up with an infinite amount of power... which is cool and all but it violates conservation of energy. To get around this the concept of a quanta was created. This is the minimum amount of energy that can be broadcast on a given wavelength. Because of this minimum requirement the lightbuld only transmits on certain wavelengths at a time... the ones that it tries to put out at a level of lower than a quanta get no energy at all. So instead of a smooth waveform you get a bunch of finite and countable steps. Everything else in quantum physics is an extrapolation off of this and observations. [/QUOTE]
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