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PROPERTIES OF LIGHT<br />

Sunlight is a form of<br />

"electromagnetic radiation" and the<br />

visible light that we see is a small subset<br />

of the electromagnetic spectrum shown<br />

at the right.<br />

Light as a wave stated in the early 1800s<br />

Planck:<br />

total energy of light is made up of<br />

indistinguishable energy elements, or a<br />

quanta of energy.<br />

Einstein, distinguished the values of these<br />

quantum energy elements.<br />

MAGISTER TEKNIK ELEKTRO

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