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Ok so I think electrons and photons are not actually particles.

Look up phonons

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you mean why do electrons have antiparticles but photons do not?

So why positron is anti partcle while electron not

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Don’t electrons and protons carry physical momentum—whereas phonons do not?

Correct me if I’m wrong, but I always took that distinction as the line between particles (protons, electrons and even photons weirdly) and quasiparticles (phonons—aka quantized sound waves)

Genuinely curious—am I missing something?

I see you’ve found statistical mechanics. A very under appreciated area of physics.

Checkout the derivativation of this equation sometime: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sackur–Tetrode_equation

It’s a good example of where quantum mechanics assumptions leads to a tangible conclusion.

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If you take that equation, and maximize entropy using the other free variables, you end up with the ideal gas law.

So the ideal gas law is there because it’s the maximal entropy state of a gas.

And that’s actually very hard to see unless you assume the gas particles are quantum in nature

They are my friend! Electrons are particles and electrons can behave as particles as well.
Phonons are another story... basically heat-mediated relaxations