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The problem is commonly known as wave-particle duality. Initially high energy electromagnetic radiation such as Gamma rays and X rays were thought to show more particle like behavior while low energy electromagnetic radiation such as Radio waves & microwaves were thought to show more wave like behavior. Light being in the middle of the spectrum shows a good mixture of both. This was a hot topic of debate in the 1600s and wasn't really explained until Quantum Mechanics introduced probability waves in the 20th Century. Loads of info in Wikipedia link below. == == Quantum theory states that a photon "carries" a certain energy, but realize that a photon's rest mass is zero - therefore it's only a concept. OR the photon IS the energy.

The terms are interchangeable, and they're both bogus in reality.

All electromagnetic waves can have a photon assigned to them . A photon for an electromagnetic waves is frequency dependent, therefore a photon for electromagnetic waves with low frequency such as radiowaves is rather low in energy as compared to a photon of electromagnetic waves of higher frequency such cosmic ray.

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