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Author Author: rsc
Date Created: 27 Sep 2019 6:34 PM Date Created
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What color is an electron?

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rsc over 6 years ago +4

Here's a picture of an electron beam outwards from the negative grid of my Fusor. The vacuum was about 50 micron at the time. So, are the electrons blue, or just the residual nitrogen ions lighting up…
clem57 over 6 years ago +3

Electrons emit light (photons) when they change valence state. This is physics. So it depends on the element and the state change. Clem
fmilburn over 6 years ago +3

The electron’s color is in a state of superposition just like Shrödinger’s cat. It is all colors simultaneously until we interact with it in which case it usually turns out to be red with irritation at…

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fmilburn over 6 years ago

The electron’s color is in a state of superposition just like Shrödinger’s cat. It is all colors simultaneously until we interact with it in which case it usually turns out to be red with irritation at being disturbed :-)
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fmilburn over 6 years ago

The electron’s color is in a state of superposition just like Shrödinger’s cat. It is all colors simultaneously until we interact with it in which case it usually turns out to be red with irritation at being disturbed :-)
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