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Chapter 27 Early Quantum Theory and Models of the Atom

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Photon <strong>Theory</strong> <strong>of</strong> Light <strong>and</strong> <strong>the</strong><br />

Photoelectric Effect<br />

Einstein suggested that ,given <strong>the</strong> success <strong>of</strong> Planck’s<br />

<strong>the</strong>ory, light must be emitted in small energy packets:<br />

These tiny packets <strong>of</strong> energy are like a particle<br />

<strong>and</strong> are called photons.<br />

So is light a wave or a particle

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