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Professor C.V Raman surprised his students by suspending freely a tiny light ball in a transparent vacuum chamber by shining a laser beam on it. Which property of EM waves was he exhibiting? Give one more example of this property.

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An electromagnetic wave carries energy and momentum like other waves. Since it carries momentum and electromagnetic wave also exerts pressure called radiation pressure .this property or electromagnetic waves helped professor CV Raman surprised his students by suspending freely a tiny ligh ball in a transperent vacuum chamber by shining a laser beam on it . the tails of the camets are also due to radiation pressure.
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