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Which aspect of sound and light can easily be modeled with both particles and waves?
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Sound has no particle properties, its wave properties include its ability to interfere with other sound waves and its ability to diffract.
Light is modelled as having particle-wave duality. Meaning it has some properties of being a particle and some of being a wave.
This was originally proposed by Einstein to explain the photoelectric effect, which won him the Nobel prize (note, he did not win one for the theory of relativity).
The photo electric effect is the phenomenon of electrons being released from a surface when electromagnetic radiation of a certain frequency is incident on it.
All materials have a property called the "work function", this is the amount of energy an electron from the outer shell of an atom needs to break loose.
Surfaces emit electrons only when the radiation surpasses a certain frequency, and after that, an higher frequency does not affect the number of electrons released, but affects the energy they have when released.
Intensity affects the number of electrons released, but not whether they are or not.
This is explained by the fact the light energy arrives in quantised packages called photons, and only if the photon has enough energy to release an electron will it do so, no matter how many are arriving each second.
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Does light consist of particles?
yes, it consists of light particles
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When light is emitted as particles it is called?
Photons are particles of light:))) (in some cases.)
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Which can be modeled by light beaming from a lighthouse?
Ray
Why does light travel slower in solids?
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Light particles are called Photons.
Is Light has many of the properties of waves but light can also act as though it is a stream of?
... particles.... particles.... particles.... particles.
Does light consist of particles?
yes, it consists of light particles
What particles of light called?
Light particles are called Photons.
Can light waves be modeled as sound waves?
Yes, but not very well.
How can you tell the difference between a solution and a colloid?
a colloid contains larger particles than a solution. the particles are still too small to be seen easily, but are large enough to scatter a light beam
How can you tell the difference between a colloid and a solution?
a colloid contains larger particles than a solution. the particles are still too small to be seen easily, but are large enough to scatter a light beam
What would you call particles of light?
The particles of light are known as photons.
How do clay particles move along the river?
Clay particles are very fine grained and light weight, so easily carried along by flowing water.
Light exhibits characteristics of waves particles both waves and particles neither waves nor particles?
Yes, light has both properties of light, and waves.
