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   May 24, 2024 · We know that light is a wave based on how it behaves – it exhibits the same properties of other waves we have examined – it interferes with itself, it follows an inverse-square law for intensity (brightness), and so on.

2. physics.stackexchange.com › questions › 41680Why is light called an 'electromagnetic wave' if it's neither ...

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   Light is called an 'electromagnetic wave' for historical reasons* in the following sense: It turned out that the effects of visible light and other radiation can be calculated using Maxwell's equations, which are also used to model the behaviour of electrically charged particles. This was an instant of a successful unification and it hasn't ...

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   For example, when visible light encounters anything large enough that we can observe it with unaided eyes, such as a coin, it acts like a ray, with generally negligible wave characteristics. In all of these cases, we can model the path of light as straight lines.

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   If light is a particle, then why does it refract when travelling from one medium to another? And if light is a wave, then why does it dislodge electrons ? But all behavior of light can be explained by combining the two models: light behaves like particles and light behaves like waves.

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   Did you know that scientists and philosophers debated for centuries about whether light traveled in waves or particles? Finally in the 20th century, one of science's "most beautiful experiments" seemed to confirm the wave-like nature of light, until it was further refined some 100 years later.

6. www.bbc.co.uk › bitesize › topicsLight Waves - BBC Bitesize

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   Light Waves - BBC Bitesize. What are light waves? Light is a type of electromagnetic radiation that can be detected by the eye. It travels as a transverse wave. Unlike a sound waves,...

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   Why is light called an 'electromagnetic wave'?

   • Light is called an 'electromagnetic wave' for historical reasons* in the following sense: It turned out that the effects of visible light and other radiation can be calculated using Maxwell's equations, which are also used to model the behaviour of electrically charged particles.

   Why is light called an 'electromagnetic wave' if it's neither electric

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   Is light a wave?

   • This difficulty gets greatly magnified for the case of light. We know that light is a wave based on how it behaves – it exhibits the same properties of other waves we have examined – it interferes with itself, it follows an inverse-square law for intensity (brightness), and so on.

   2.1: Light as a Wave - Physics LibreTexts

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   Is light a particle or a wave?

   • It’s not as odd as it might seem, either. Particles and waves are sometimes conceived as opposites, but they’re not. Also, light is not the only thing that exhibits behavior of both particles and waves. Other quantum entities also have this behavioral duality, and wave-particle duality is a key focus of the study of quantum mechanics.

   How Is Light Both a Particle and a Wave? | Britannica

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   How do light waves travel?

   • Light is a type of electromagnetic radiation that can be detected by the eye. It travels as a transverse wave. Unlike a sound waves, light waves do not need a medium to pass through, they can travel through a vacuum. Light from the Sun reaches Earth through the vacuum of space. A short video explaining the concept of light waves.

   Light Waves - BBC Bitesize

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   What is the difference between incident ray and reflected ray?

   • The incident ray is the ray of light going towards the mirror. The reflected ray is the ray of light coming away from the mirror. The normal is a reference line drawn at right angles to the reflecting surface of the mirror. The angle of incidence, i, is the angle between the normal and incident ray.

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   How does light interact with a ray?

   • In the situations shown here, light interacts with objects large enough that it travels in straight lines, like a ray. Experiments show that when light interacts with an object several times larger than its wavelength, it travels in straight lines and acts like a ray. Its wave characteristics are not pronounced in such situations.

   1.2: The Propagation of Light - Physics LibreTexts

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8. physics.info › lightThe Nature of Light – The Physics Hypertextbook

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   Light is sometimes also known as visible light to contrast it from "ultraviolet light" and "infrared light". Other forms of electromagnetic radiation that are not visible to humans are sometimes also known informally as "light". Polychromatic light is described by many different frequencies.