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answer:
it is both, depending on what question you ask:
it has a wave' aspect and a particle aspect
Note:
according to quantum theory, particles (e.g.
electrons, protons,..) have also a wave aspect!
(depends on what question you ask)
Thermal radiation
experimental observations:
atoms of a hot solid emit radiation;
increase in temperature more radiation, and
component of maximum intensity shifted towards
higher frequency (shorter wavelength)
classical explanation:
the hotter the solid, the more vibrational energy
higher frequency of vibration of atoms/electrons
higher frequency of radiation
but frequency spectrum of this radiation (black body
radiation calculated within framework of
electromagnetism and thermodynamics did not agree
with measured spectrum;
predicted ultraviolet catastrophe I f4
Photoelectric effect