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Which theory of light- particle or wave Young, Maxwell and Hertz supported.
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Young, Maxwell and Hertz supported the wave theory of light.
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There are two theories of light- particle theory and wave theory.
Thomas Young allowed light from a source to fall of two closely spaced pinholes and placed a screen at a distance from the pinholes. A series of bright and dark fringes were formed on the screen. The bright fringes were formed by the constructive interference between the two waves that were emitted by the pinholes and the dark fringes were formed due to destructive interference. The Young’s double slit experiment demonstrated the wave nature of light since particles can never produce an interference pattern, while two waves can.
James Clark Maxwell proposed that light waves were
Heinrich Hertz allowed a spark to pass between two charged spheres and detected the energy using a detector placed far away from the source. Hertz’s experiment also supported the wave nature of light.
Conclusion:
Young, Maxwell and Hertz supported the wave theory of light by performing experiments and arriving at suitable conclusions on the basis of their experiments.
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