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Light : Waves Or Particles ?
The number of diversions of a photon from its straight path in one second is called its frequency. Smooth Surface Less friction
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Fig No. 5 Frequency, wavelength and amplitude of light waves depend on types of photon differing, according to the number of paramāņus, they have.
Photons of all types of visible and invisible light rays may be considered as the Taijas Vargaņā. Taijas means light or electricity. Since all electromagnetic waves are created with electricity. they also belong to Taijas Vargaņā. And where there is electricity, there are positive and negative electric charges. An electric current gives rise to magnetic field when it passes through steel. In short electricity and magnetism are so closely interconnected that they cannot be separated.
Paramāņu-units of all electromagnetic waves may be considered as Taijas Vargaņā, while paramāņu-units of all sound waves, may be considered as Bhāṣā Vargaņā.
Sound waves bend because paramāņu-units of Bhāşā Vargaņā have a very low velocity of 330 metres/sec. Light waves and electromagnetic waves having velocity as high as 3,00.000 kms/sec. do not bend because particles of light (photons) and those of electromagnetic waves can propagate through atmosphere and outer space consisting of paramāņuunits which consist of particles of smaller size and less mass.
Though the paramāņu-units of Bhāṣā Vargaņā are useful for propagation of sound, they consist of many more paramāņus then the units of Taijas Vargaņā or units of electromagnetic waves. Since the velocity of particles of units of Bhāṣā Vargaņā is 1.1 x 10-times less than that of photons,
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