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When does a photon behave like a wave and when does it behave like a particle?
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∙ 11y ago
Photons always behave somewhat like waves and somewhat like particles. We think of these as being basically different types of things, but on the subatomic scale, they blend into each other, and the distinction is lost.
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What are the dual properties of light?
it can behave like a particle and like a wave (a photon and the E.M spectrum) are the dual properties of light.
What is the smallest unit of sound wave energy?
The smallest unit of sound wave energy is the phonon. The phonon and the photon and the electron can in some ways all behave like a small particle.
What is the wave particle of light?
photon
Does light behave like a particle or a wave?
Both. For more information, read the Wikipedia article (or some other source) on "wave-particle duality".
What two ways do electrons behave?
Any particle, such as an electron, also behaves as a wave (as well as behaving like a particle).
What are the dual properties of light?
it can behave like a particle and like a wave (a photon and the E.M spectrum) are the dual properties of light.
What is the smallest unit of sound wave energy?
The smallest unit of sound wave energy is the phonon. The phonon and the photon and the electron can in some ways all behave like a small particle.
What is the wave particle of light?
photon
Does light behave only like a wave?
No it also behaves like a particle
When do photons behave more like a wave?
When we design an experiment that detects wave behavior. They behave more like particles when we design the experiment to detect particle behavior.
Does light behave like a particle or a wave?
Both. For more information, read the Wikipedia article (or some other source) on "wave-particle duality".
Why can't light be classified as a separate particle with wave and particle nature?
Not sure what you mean, as the photon is classified as a separate particle. Light, like electrons, sometimes displays particle characteristics and sometimes displays wave characteristics.
What two ways do electrons behave?
Any particle, such as an electron, also behaves as a wave (as well as behaving like a particle).
Which theory of light is the photon more consistent with the wave theory or the particle theory?
this is a much more complicated question than perhaps you realise. try looking up "wave particle duality" photons have the strange characteristic of haveing properties of both a wave and a particle.
Who said light can behave as a particle or a wave?
Albert
Can light behave as a particle or as a wave?
It can act as both
What is a photon-?
A particle of light. Or, in general, of an electromagnetic wave.
