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How is a chemical change affected by light?

Updated: 8/17/2019
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The solution is a bit complicated, it related to atoms and their energy bands.


Light is basically photons (moving particles with energy = hf)

The photons cause energy levels to jump or drop which is then considered to be a chemical change.

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