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  Home > JCE Print > Journal of Chemical Education > Issues > 2000  > July  >
In the Classroom
Tested Demonstrations
The M&M® Superposition Principle
John B. Miller
Department of Chemistry, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI 49008

checked by: Charles A. Smith
Department of Chemistry, Our Lady of the Lake University, San Antonio, TX 78307
Brian W. Williams
Department of Chemistry, Bucknell University, Lewisburg, PA 17837-2005

Cover
July 2000
Vol. 77 No. 7
p. 879
Abstract
A macroscopic physical system for demonstrating the relationships of quantum mechanical operators, eigenfunctions, expectation values, and superposition of delectable wave functions is described. Small candies or similar objects with a variety of values of physical properties serve as surrogates for abstract quantum wave functions.
More Information
*  Citation
 Miller, John B. J. Chem. Educ. 2000 77 879.
*  Keywords
 Demonstrations; Quantum Chemistry; Teaching / Learning Aids; superposition*; operators*
*  History
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Last Updated:		 June 2, 2000
April 15, 2005
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