Well that puts us into an interesting situation whereas we can place an
electron into the context of a moving particle(with mass) AND (but not at
the same time) consider it to be energy flow(no mass per se as far as
Newtonian physics is concerned). Interestingly it has characteristics of
both but cannot be completely resolved simultaneously as Heisenburg noted
and won the Nobel prize for it! Einstein never really accepted the H. U. P.
and many feel that was his undoing as far as being able to formulate the
Grand Unified Theory in his lifetime.
-----Original Message-----
From: Simmons, Reid W [mailto:reid.w.simmons@intel.com]
Sent: Thursday, October 19, 2000 12:34 PM
To: tentec@contesting.com
Subject: RE: [TenTec] electron flow vs. current flow
...And then there is the Heisenburg Uncertainty Principle to consider when
trying to measure the velocity or position of an electron. :-)
Reid, K7YX
-----Original Message-----
From: Dan [mailto:tacquire@earthlink.net]
Sent: Wednesday, October 18, 2000 9:28 PM
Cc: tentec@contesting.com
Subject: Re: [TenTec] electron flow vs. current flow
Sort of like if you imagine a canal, and there's a obstruction in the canal.
When the obstruction moves forward the "water" or in this case "nothing" is
now
where the obstruction "electron" was. In the circuit I wouldn't say that the
holes themselves move though, to me it sounds like more of an accumulation
of
holes. It seems to me that thinking of holes at all is really pointless.
There
doesn't seem to me to be any logical point in thinking about where an
electron
was or what it leaves behind. It's enough to say that it goes from point a
to
point b through a load of some sort(tentec rig) and "gets stuff done" in
that
process. When you think of a water current that is a physical moving
material,,
, nothing can't move because it has no method of moving itself along. If it
is
displaced or repositioned into a different spot"throwing a ball into water
say.." then that is understandable, but it is not a "current" as the
definition
in a dictionary will define. It's more of a displacement sounds like to me.
Everyone's brain hurting yet?
"Michael O. Hyder" wrote:
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