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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 particle?
Yes. Light has both particle and wave properties.
How can you prove that light is a particle?
The photoelectric effect was pretty definitive evidence that light is a particle (well, at least sometimes a particle).
A particle scatters light if it is larger than the of light?
Yes if the size of the particle is greater than the wavelength of light falling on it.
The quality in sound that corresponds to color in light is?
sound and light both share wave properties (ie. frequency and wave length). unlike sound light behaves as both a wave and a particle.
How can a photon have color?
Different frequincies of light cause color, but a photon can not have color because it is only a single particle of light
Does a laser make use of the wave nature of light or the particle nature of light or both?
Lasers don't really "make use" of either the wave or particle nature of light. Or they make use of both. But because a laser emits what is called coherent light, it could be argued that the wave nature of light is best at describing the light the laser emits.Lasers make use of Boltzmann energy distribution statistics, which doesn't have anything to do with the particle or wave description of light. Lasers work by creating a population inversion in a chemical compound which creates stimulated emission when excited.Light has both wave-like and particle-like properties at the same time. It is said to exhibit particle-wave duality. Light is what it is -- the fact that we describe it using both a particle and a wave description is only a reflection of our inability to fully describe light in using one single intuitive model (because we have no intuitive experience with things that have both wave and particle properties simultaneously).
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 particle?
Yes. Light has both particle and wave properties.
How can you prove that light is a particle?
The photoelectric effect was pretty definitive evidence that light is a particle (well, at least sometimes a particle).
What are the proofs of the particle nature light?
The particle nature of light is illustrated by the photoelectric effect.
Proofs of the particle nature of light?
Albert Einstein's Photo-electric effect is one of the proof of the particle nature of light. The experiment on the wave particle duality is another proof pf the particle nature of light.
A particle scatters light if it is larger than the of light?
Yes if the size of the particle is greater than the wavelength of light falling on it.
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.
The quality in sound that corresponds to color in light is?
sound and light both share wave properties (ie. frequency and wave length). unlike sound light behaves as both a wave and a particle.
What is a description of coal?
it is a dark color (nearly black) different textures, ridges mainly. it is very light and airy.
When light behaves like a particle what is the particle called?
A photon.
