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A wave is a a moving oscillation that transfers energy through a medium. A particle is an object.
During the life of Isaac Newton, there was a huge scientific debate between proponents of the wave model of light and the particle model of light. This was resolved in the 20th century by quantum mechanics which showed that light is both a particle and a wave.
The particle model explains compton scattering and the photo-electric effect perfectly, which the wave model utterly fails to do. The full spectrum of blackbody radiation can be easily derived with the particle model of light, but not with the wave model.
Particle theory of light can explain Photoelectric Effect,Compton effect,Pair production.... wave theory of light can explain interference,refraction...
The photoelectric effect is a phenomena that can only be explained by the particle model.
A wave is a a moving oscillation that transfers energy through a medium. A particle is an object.
During the life of Isaac Newton, there was a huge scientific debate between proponents of the wave model of light and the particle model of light. This was resolved in the 20th century by quantum mechanics which showed that light is both a particle and a wave.
The particle model explains compton scattering and the photo-electric effect perfectly, which the wave model utterly fails to do. The full spectrum of blackbody radiation can be easily derived with the particle model of light, but not with the wave model.
Particle theory of light can explain Photoelectric Effect,Compton effect,Pair production.... wave theory of light can explain interference,refraction...
The photoelectric effect is a phenomena that can only be explained by the particle model.
Two models were developed to explain what light is, the photon model, which depicts light as a particle, and the wave model. In the field of quantum mechanics it is now recognized that light is both a particle and a wave (sometimes called a wavicle).
The wave model of light and the particle model of light.
Light is both a wave and a particle depending on circumstances; this is referred to as the wave-particle duality of light.
90° i.e. pi upon 2
wave
A wave is a normal wave and a wave length is the wave Height or distance
Wavelength.