When does an electron behave like a particle?

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The electron is said to have the properties of a particle and a wave. The experiment with the transmission through the grid shows the properties of the wave well. But I have not found evidence that the electron behaves like a particle. Where is such an experiment described?
 
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To begin with, we still need to define what the properties of particles are.
Wave properties such as diffraction and interference are known.

What are the properties of particles?
Properties that can be observed experimentally, such as diffraction and interference of a wave, by analogy.
 
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The electron is said to have the properties of a particle and a wave. The experiment with the transmission through the grid shows the properties of the wave well. But I have not found evidence that the electron behaves like a particle. Where is such an experiment described?
cWay cooler than electrons are neutrino's.

A neutrino is a subatomic particle that is very similar to an electron, but has no electrical charge and a very small mass, which might even be zero. Neutrinos are one of the most abundant particles in the universe. Because they have very little interaction with matter, however, they are incredibly difficult to detect.

A neutrino goes right through earth as it travels through the universe. Amazing!

What do you want to know about electrons?
 
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cWay cooler than electrons are neutrino's.

A neutrino is a subatomic particle that is very similar to an electron, but has no electrical charge and a very small mass, which might even be zero. Neutrinos are one of the most abundant particles in the universe. Because they have very little interaction with matter, however, they are incredibly difficult to detect.

A neutrino goes right through earth as it travels through the universe. Amazing!

What do you want to know about electrons?
This is all blah blah, I want to see in what experiment electrons behave like particles.
 
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Probably the property of a particle is straightness. Unlike a wave, when passing through a slit, a particle will not spread to the sides. Therefore, the experiment with the passage through the slit proves not "particle-wave dualism", but that there are no particles there, right?
 
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Photons behave like waves or particles depending on the method used to detect them. Electrons always behave like particles.
How are the properties of particles in photons discovered?
 
How are the properties of particles in photons discovered?
Individual photons can be detected by sensitive instruments. In that case they act like particles. They have a detectable mass and are affected by gravity. Most of the time light acts like a wave as it propagates through the universe and only seem like particles when they interact with other matter.
 
In modern physics, mass is defined as the degree of inertia. Why do you think that the wave has no mass in this case?
Light propagates through the universe in a wave-like fashion. Frequency/Amplitude are properties shared by any wave be it water or sound.
 
It's called a CCD or Charge Coupled Device. A photon hits it and electrons come out. It is the basis of digital video and photography
As far as I understand, this device is not reliable, since it assumes the presence of particles, but in reality it does not show these particles.
 
Probably the property of a particle is straightness. Unlike a wave, when passing through a slit, a particle will not spread to the sides. Therefore, the experiment with the passage through the slit proves not "particle-wave dualism", but that there are no particles there, right?
All Postclassical Physics Is Impossible Without an Unrecognized Dimension, Including Black Holes and the Big Bang

It's turned by its part that is in the fourth spatial dimension. The same way indeterminacy is determined.
 

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