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Yes, waves have several important properties.
The first property is the type of wave - mechanical (string waves, water waves, acoustic etc), electromagnetic (light, microwaves), gravitational (of use to general relativity), probability (of use in quantum)
The actual wave is determined by 4 main properties, The amplitude of the wave (how big it is), the wavenumber (where it is going and what is its wavelength), frequency (how fast it is oscillating), and phase (only really useful when waves interfere, so don't worry about this).
Obviously this is a very simplistic analysis, so I would recommend the excellent text by A.P. French, called waves and oscillations, to learn more about waves at an early undergrad level. If in high school, most physics and some chem textbooks have excellent descriptions.
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∙ 13y agoI haven't gone over it too much so i can't explain it but i don know the answer is yes.
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∙ 11y agothe properties of matter are chemical properties, physical properties, intensive properties, extensive properties
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∙ 11y agoYes. A particle can behave like a wave.
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∙ 11y agoYes
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Can light behave as a particle or as a wave?
It can act as both
Does a light wave act like a moving particle?
yes and possibly no im not sure hope this helped
In What different ways can light behave or act?
Absorption, Reflection & Refraction.
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".
Is light a matter. explain?
Light is quite complicated as it has wave-particle duality. Sometimes it acts like a particle other times like a wave. But technically no, it is not matter, it is made of energy
Can a wave act like a particle?
Yes
Can light behave as a particle or as a wave?
It can act as both
Does a light wave act like a moving particle?
yes and possibly no im not sure hope this helped
In What different ways can light behave or act?
Absorption, Reflection & Refraction.
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 give us light?
Light is given by a subatomic particle called a photon. All types of light are transferred by this from gamma rays to microwaves. Although It is called a particle from the double slit experiment we can see that the photon can act like particle and a wave
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.
Is light a matter. explain?
Light is quite complicated as it has wave-particle duality. Sometimes it acts like a particle other times like a wave. But technically no, it is not matter, it is made of energy
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.
Why does not all matter have both a wave-like and a particle-like personality?
It all does, but the more massive an object is the more particle-like it becomes.
Does light behave only like a wave?
No it also behaves like a particle
What convinced scientists that light is a particle?
Nothing. Scientists believe that light can act as both a particle and a wave. Look up the famous double-slit experiment.
