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do electrons travel at the same speed as photons in a vaccum?
but light is a type of electro magnetic radiation
no in a vacuum mass is still relevant
7 Answers
- DvandomLv 61 decade agoFavorite Answer
Nope. Electrons have a "rest mass" above zero, which means they can never quite make it to lightspeed. Photons, when in motion, are always going lightspeed (although their average speed may be slowed when passing through a transparent medium, as they stop and start a lot).
- 1 decade ago
Light is an electromagnetic radiation, and theoritically no material object can travel at a speed greater than that of light.
Electrons or any other particle travels at a speed depending on how they are produced and /or acclerated. Electrons being comparitively lighter can easily be acelerated almost to the speed of light.
- MadhukarLv 71 decade ago
Photon travels with the speed of light. Electrons travel with a fraction of speed of light.
- 10 out of 10Lv 41 decade ago
Nope. Electrons have a "rest mass" above zero, which means they can never quite make it to lightspeed. Photons, when in motion, are always going lightspeed (although their average speed may be slowed when passing through a transparent medium, as they stop and start a lot).
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- goldie BLv 41 decade ago
photons travel at 300000000 m/sec.
it is the fastest moving.
electrons have rest mass.it moves slower than photons,even in vaccum
- Laurence BLv 41 decade ago
... they would be attached to some sort of atom, though. Impossible to know for sure,
In a vacuum mass is irrelevant, is it not?