Compare a photon and quantum. how are they alike? how are they different?

Quantum is deemed to be a distinct container with energy kept in, whereas photon is considered as an elementary particle. Photon and quantum are two very significant principles talked about in modern physics. These principles are broadly used in quantum chemistry, quantum physics, electromagnetic theory, particle physics, optics, etc. These principles are also applied in a lot of actual world applications such as high resolution microscopy, LASERs, measurements of molecular distances, photochemistry, and quantum cryptography. It is highly important to have knowledge and a good understanding in photon and quantum so that we could excel in the aforesaid fields. A photon is an elementary particle, however, a quantum is not an elementary particle. A quantum does not have the properties of both wave like and particle like, but a photon does. A photon is not about a measure of quantity and can be defined as a quantum of energy, on the contrary, a quantum can be described as a measure of quantity.

answer; i believe that the correct answer is (a) potassium(k)

explanation:

metals have excess of electrons whereas non-metals have deficiency of electrons. thus, in order to gain stability metals easily donate their electrons to the non-metals.

for example, electronic configuration of sodium is and electronic configuration of phosphorous is .

when a phosphorous atom and sodium atom combine together then sodium will donate is extra one electron to the phosphorous atom. as a result there will be formation of ionic bond between sodium and phosphorous.

the reaction will be as follows.

there, are three sodium sodium atoms and each of them will donate its one extra electron to phosphorous atom. thus, the sub-shell of phosphorous gets completely filled.  

thus, we can conclude that electrons are transferred from atoms of sodium to atoms of phosphorous. this transfer makes the sodium atoms donate one electron and the phosphorous atoms to gain one electron. as a result, the sodium and phosphorus atoms strongly attract each other.