what are the characteristics of light?
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The three most important characteristics of light are brightness, colour, and temperature. Brightness does not need much explanation, but colour and temperature are slightly more subtle concepts. Light is electromagnetic radiation visible to the human eye.
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Light, generally referred as visible light, is electromagnetic radiation that falls within the region of the electromagnetic spectrum that the human eye can perceive.
Characteristics of light are,
- Light consists of some no of packets of energy which are called photons.
- Light is the generally narrow in frequency band of electromagnetic waves.
- Light travels in the fastest speed of 3 × 10^8 m/sec.
- Light shows characteristics of both wave and particle.
- In vacuum light travels fast.
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