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What is the smallest packet of electromagnetic energy that can be absorbed or emitted?
a proton
an electron
a photon
a wave
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Photon.
A photon is the quantum (smallest packet) of electromagnetic radiation; its energy is E = hf (Planck’s constant × frequency). Protons and electrons are matter particles, and "wave" is not a discrete packet.
A photon is the quantum (smallest packet) of electromagnetic radiation; its energy is E = hf (Planck’s constant × frequency). Protons and electrons are matter particles, and "wave" is not a discrete packet.
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