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Is light a particle or a wave? - Colm Kelleher

Explore the dual nature of light and how wave and particle models apply in different situations.

Next Generation Science Standards · High School
HS-PS4-3Evaluate the claims, evidence, and reasoning behind the idea that electromagnetic radiation can be described either by a wave model or a particle model, and that for some situations one model is more useful than the other.
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Is light a particle or a wave? - Colm Kelleher

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