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→Concept #2 - Wave Nature of Light
#Light behaves like waves
#Light behaves like waves
#Light undergoes reflection, refraction, interference and diffraction - all those that we associate with waves
#Light undergoes reflection, refraction, interference and diffraction - all those that we associate with waves
#Light is an electromagnetic wave - does not need a
#Light is an electromagnetic radiation that travels as a wave and does not need a medium
#As in any other wave, the energy depends on the frequency of the wave
#As in any other wave, the energy depends on the frequency of the wave
#When light waves are of different wavelengths, they are seen as different colours
#When light waves are of different wavelengths, they are seen as different colours
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The objective of this activity is to demonstrate an important experiment from the 18th century that made physicists rethink about the nature of light.
The objective of this activity is to demonstrate an important experiment from the 18th century that made physicists rethink about the nature of light. Until this time, Newton's corpuscular theory was used to explain light.
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