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What did Compton confirm about the nature of light in his experiments?
Both wave and particle properties
Only particle property
Only wave property
None of the above
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The experiments conducted by Arthur Compton verified the dual nature of light, demonstrating that it possesses both wave-like and particle-like characteristics. This groundbreaking discovery challenged the prevailing notion of light as purely a wave, introducing the concept of photons as discrete packets of light energy.
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