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why electrons have weight but not light


trevor borocz johnson

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If light is a wave passing by, it wouldn't have weight accept briefly as it passes by, for example a single water wave passing by would add weight briefly to the surface of the water then it would return to normal. If you trapped that wave in one place it would continuously add weight to the surface at that point. Same is true for an electron trapped in place by an atom giving it the effect of 'weight'.

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1 hour ago, trevor borocz johnson said:

If light is a wave passing by, it wouldn't have weight accept briefly as it passes by, for example a single water wave passing by would add weight briefly to the surface of the water then it would return to normal. If you trapped that wave in one place it would continuously add weight to the surface at that point. Same is true for an electron trapped in place by an atom giving it the effect of 'weight'.

The word you should be using is 'mass' not 'weight'.  A wave traveling on the surface of water only causes distortions; it does not affect the mass of the water.

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On 4/18/2019 at 1:45 PM, Inn Spectre said:

The word you should be using is 'mass' not 'weight'.  A wave traveling on the surface of water only causes distortions; it does not affect the mass of the water.

The weight of a wave on water pushes down on the surface, and like when you jump on an air mattress and everything on it flies up, The wave pushes up the water in the direction its moving. That's why the water and things don't move with the wave they just bob up and down. The wave starts out from density changes in the water from currents.

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