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Re: heat is a form of energy



I have high school teachers asking me
if photons are pure energy. How do I answer such a question?
Most of them don't know what a photon is (I'm not sure I could
tell them) and if I tell them there's no such thing as "pure
energy" they just don't seem to want to hear me.

Leigh,

You may chose not to get into this but I wish you would. I am one of those
high school teachers and I am a bit confused. Is the reason you would not call
a photon pure energy because of the dual nature of light? If there is no such
thing as pure energy then what is a wave? I have thought that describing a
wave as pure energy was appropriate. If this is not the case I would like to
have you and or others help me to clarify my thinking.