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The fact that light can exert a pressure on matter suggests that it is made of particles called _____.

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 the answer is photon
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photons

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Light has dual nature. It behaves like waves sometimes and sometimes like particles. Interference and diffraction pattern show that light is a wave where as photoelectric effect shows that light behaves like particles. Light is composed of particles known as photons. A photon is a packet or quanta of energy. Light exerts pressure on matter. This suggests that light is made of particles. This is known as radiation pressure.

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