Chemistry: A Molecular Approach (3rd Edition)

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Chapter 7 - Sections 7.1-7.6 - Exercises - Conceptual Problems - Page 333: 105a

Answer

The pattern remains the same--even when the rate of the electrons passing through the slits is one electron per minute--because the interference pattern is caused by single electrons interfering with themselves.

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The pattern remains the same--even when the rate of the electrons passing through the slits is one electron per minute--because the interference pattern is caused by single electrons interfering with themselves.
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