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Is light a wave or a particle?

What do you think?

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  • Rosanella
    1 decade ago
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    Light has wave-particle duality (waves and particles), a focal concept in Quantum Mechanics.

    Source(s): http://www.howstuffworks.com/light1.htm http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/mod1.ht...
  • lunchtime_browser
    Lv 7
    1 decade ago

    It's neither. It's electromagnetic radiation.

    Do not confuse the model with reality.

    Is a dog a cuddly toy or a fur-ball with teeth?

    When you are trying to predict how light will behave or interact, it is sometimes useful and convenient to think of it as a wave and sometimes as a particle.

  • John de Witt
    Lv 7
    1 decade ago

    Yes, it is. And all particles, not just photons, have wave properties.

  • Ill Be Back....after dinner.
    1 decade ago

    Both.

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  • Kevin7
    Lv 7
    1 decade ago

    it depends on the observer it can be considered both

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