Page 1: Fundamentals of Radiation and Wave Properties

This page introduces the fundamental concepts of radiation and wave properties, explaining how energy transfers through space. The content explores Planck and Einstein's revolutionary discoveries about energy's dual nature and the basic properties of electromagnetic waves.

Definition: Waves are disturbances of particles resulting in undulating motion through a medium.

Highlight: Max Planck discovered that energy exhibits both wave-like and particle-like properties, transferring in discrete packets rather than continuously.

Vocabulary: Quanta refers to discrete packets of energy whose magnitude is proportional to the radiation's frequency.

Example: Electrons demonstrate dual nature by behaving as particles when orbiting the nucleus and showing wave properties in other circumstances.

Definition: Electromagnetic radiation is energy emitted as electromagnetic waves or subatomic particles, capable of traveling through empty space.