Light
Light is electromagnetic radiation within a certain portion of the electromagnetic spectrum.
The electromagnetic spectrum is the range of frequencies (the spectrum) of electromagnetic radiation and their respective wavelengths and photon energies.
What Is Light?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IXxZRZxafEQ
Bill Nye the Science Guy S01E16 Light and Color
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XMVY33cZ9To
https://www.khanacademy.org/science/chemistry/electronic-structure-of-atoms/bohr-model-hydrogen/v/introduction-to-light
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https://www.britannica.com/science/light/Light-as-electromagnetic-radiation
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https://www.khanacademy.org/partner-content/nova/sunandsolar/v/electromagneticspectrum
https://www.khanacademy.org/science/physics/light-waves/introduction-to-light-waves/v/electromagnetic-waves-and-the-electromagnetic-spectrum
https://sites.google.com/a/coe.edu/principles-of-structural-chemistry/relationship-between-light-and-matter/light-properties
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REFLECTION : Light rays reflect off shiny surfaces.
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DIFFRACTION : Light rays refract through substances.
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https://www.britannica.com/science/wave-particle-duality
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https://www.britannica.com/science/photon
https://sites.google.com/a/coe.edu/principles-of-structural-chemistry/relationship-between-light-and-matter/light-properties
The photoelectric effect is the emission of electrons or other free carriers when light hits a material.
Low-energy phenomena:
Photoelectric effect
Mid-energy phenomena:
Thomson scattering
Compton scattering
High-energy phenomena:
Pair production
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