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As far as we can tell it's a packet of pure energy,
but the math we have to describe it fits either waves (and there's nothing to wave) or a particle (but with a rest mass of zero). [Try describing the action of a bullet that doesn't exist, so you can't stop it and look at it.]
Sometimes one describes it "better" and sometimes the other.
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Is the emission of electromagnetic radiation by an excited atom a wave or particle theory?
wave theory of light
The fact that light can behave as both a wave and a particle is called?
the duality paradox
How is bouncing a basketball to a friend a model of how light reflects from a surface?
If you think of light as made up of small, elastic particles, then when they hit a hard surface, they will bounce off and travel in another direction. This is analogous to a basketball bouncing off a floor. However, the particle nature of light has been disproven. A more accurate description lies in the wave or particle-wave duality nature of light.
A wave that vibrates in a direction parallel to the direction of the wave itself is called a?
Disturbance in particle motion parallel to the wave velocity is called a longitudinal wave. Disturbance in particle motion perpendicular to the wave velocity is called a transverse wave.
Which direction is the particle motion in shear waves relative to the energy of the wave?
The particle motion in shear waves relative to the energy of the wave is downward.
Plank and Einstein explain that light is both a wave and a?
A wave and a particle. Or maybe neither.
How do you detect if light is a particle or a wave?
Light is both a wave and a particle depending on circumstances; this is referred to as the wave-particle duality of light.
Is light a wave of energy?
light is neither a wave or a particle. Light exists as tiny packets of photons which are emitted at random. That is light in its simplest form.Visible light is part of the electromagnetic spectrum and as such is a form of energy.
Is light Interference a wave or participle?
It "is" neither; however, light interference is related to light's wave-like properties, not to its particle-like properties. Interference is something that affects all sorts of waves.
Is light a particle?
Yes. Light has both particle and wave properties.
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.
Is light a wave or a particle and why?
Light is sometimes described as a wave and sometimes as a particle. Give evidence to support the wave of natural light
What is the wave particle of light?
photon
Wave and prticle duality of light?
That means that light is both things: a particle and a wave.
Who proposed the wave particle duality of nature?
Einstein. He stated that light acts as both a particle and a wave.
Does light behave as a wave or a particle in chemistry?
Light doesn't really feature in chemistry but on the rare occasions it does it is as a wave and a form of energy, not a particle.
Does light have more wave or particle properties?
Both. E = mc2(squared) wave is an energy form while m is mass (particle) einstein proved that light acts as wave and particle at the same time.
