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8b shows an electron diffraction pattern from aluminum foil that results when a beam of electrons is similarly directed. 8 (a) The X-ray diffraction pattern of aluminum foil. (b) The electron diffraction pattern of aluminum foil. The similarity of these two patterns shows that electrons can behave like X-rays and display wavelike properties. 18 Chapter 1 / The Dawn of the Quantum Theory similarity of the two patterns shows that both X-rays and electrons do indeed behave analogously in these experiments.
In 1924, a young French scientist named Louis de Broglie reasoned that if light can display this wave-particle duality, then matter, which certainly appears particlelike, might also display wavelike properties under certain conditions. This proposal is rather strange at first, but it does suggest a nice symmetry in nature. Certainly if light can be particlelike at times, why should matter not be wavelike at times? de Broglie was able to put his idea into a quantitative scheme. 12) A == - P de Broglie argued that both light and matter obey this equation.
In fact, Gibbs's treatment of thermodynamics is so important to chemistry that it is taught in a form that is essentially unchanged from Gibbs's original formulation. The related fields of optics and electromagnetic theory were undergoing similar maturation. The nineteenth century witnessed a continuing controversy as to whether light was wavelike or particlelike. Many diverse and important observations were unified by lames Clerk Maxwell in a series of deceptively simple-looking equations 1 Chapter 1 / The Dawn of the Quantum Theory 2 that bear his name.