Energy & Electricity in Science : How Is a Photon Produced?

When energy in an atom is lost, it goes to a photon, which is a form of electromagnetic radiation. Find out how photons can give out a visible light with information from a science teacher in this free video on photons and science lessons.

Expert: Steve Jones
Contact: www.marlixint.com
Bio: Steve Jones is an experienced mathematics and science teacher.
Filmmaker: Paul Volniansky

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• physical science
• science
• energy
• electricity
• solar energy
• nuclear energy
• earth science
• physics
• chemistry
• light

[halloweenjak1]

then is the photon actually created? or released from the atom when the electrons energy changes?

[TheSwamper]

Excellent job! You explained it very well.

[trailkeeper]

I vagly read something about a "heat particle" once, maby it was theoretical.

[TheVeryConfused]

@SASNIGHTCRAWLER I have heard (but I could be wrong) that photons have no mass, so if the previous statement is true then atoms radiating photons or atoms being radiated with photons do not experience a change in mass.

[jeffaquarius]

After watching this video, it tells me that there are 2 types of photons. One is residing in the nucleus of an atom and holding the electrons in orbit and the other is either extracted or inserted into an atom.

[PdishmonkeyJJ]

yep

[SuperMagnetizer]

Thanks for the video! Everyone is trying to understand what exactly a photon is, but no one understands it, not Einstein, not me, no one. But here's what I think. All charged particles are spinning magnetic fields. Therefore the Universe is a magnetic sea. When an electron vibrates, it wiggles the sea, which sends out ripples in the magnetic "fabric" which we see as photons whenever a wave crest passes us. That's my understanding so far.

[tommy9882]

a wave matter sounds odd right

maybe you can search about matter-wave Waveparticle duality

I am also new to photon

[DarkAngelEU]

But that's what confuses me so much bout photons.. If it's a particle, how can it have a wavelike motion and go through all objects? how can some bodies reflect the photons and why can some bodies even emit photons then??? (think of a lightbulb)

[tommy9882]

it is both particle and wave