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What do light waves contain?

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Light waves have electromagnetic energy. Could be considered as quantum of energy with an expression E = h v. v is the frequency of light wave. h - Planck's constant. E - the energy possessed by the quantum. This quantum is also known as photon

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Light contain photons with different energies.

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