Is light a wave or a particle?

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#1 Oleg_Huzwog
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Is light a wave? Is light a particle? Is it both?
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#2 Mumbles527
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Light can exhibit properties of both waves and particles. This property is referred to as wave/particle duality.
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#3 Wizz46
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looks like this is a job for WIKI-MAN!!!!
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#4 Putzwapputzen
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i think its both, and it has to be simultaneous
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#5 Samwel_X
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I only did science to a GCSE level... but I recall it be a wave, but GCSE isn't really that complex or in depth.
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i think its both, and it has to be simultaneousPutzwapputzen

What if it were possible to show it as a wave in one experiment, possible to show it as a particle in another experiment, and impossible to show it as both in a single experiment?

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#7 MandingoChief
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Particles can certainly travel in waves, pendejos.  Take, for example, WATER.
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I think it's both, I think all particles get wave abilities if they are small enough.
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Particles can certainly travel in waves, pendejos. Take, for example, WATER.MandingoChief

Eh? You wouldn't say water is itself a wave... would you?

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#10 branketra
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I think there are light particles that travel in various wave forms.
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It has properties of both.
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#12 comp_atkins
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yes, it is

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#13 FragStains
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It can be both.
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#14 Oleg_Huzwog
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It can be both.FragStains

simultaneously?

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#15 FragStains
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[QUOTE="FragStains"]It can be both.Oleg_Huzwog

simultaneously?

All particles have a wave nature...but not all waves have a particle nature.

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#16 comp_atkins
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[QUOTE="FragStains"]It can be both.Oleg_Huzwog

simultaneously?

depends on how you observe it, its sneaky

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#17 yoshi-lnex
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Depends on how you examine it.
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#18 rudyroundhead
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Light can exhibit properties of both waves and particles. This property is referred to as wave/particle duality.Mumbles527

Cosign. This dude is correct.

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#19 194197844077667059316682358889
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IMO, it's neither; it's something that presents aspects of each depending on the particular measurement, but that just suggests it's something quantum and weird that has no macroscale analogue
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#20 sthadji
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Light is a waparticle.

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#21 AliasUK
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I think that light is both (although I voted wave) primarily because of the fact that light is what makes up the electromagnetic spectrum (moving from x-rays and infra-red, to visible light). All electromagnetic waves move at the speed of light due to the fact that an electromagnetic wave is light.It is also a particle as light is primarily made up of photons, (a la Photon Torpedo fromStar Trek for all you nerds out there) and photons are particles, albeit with a negliable mass.