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Why is light not considered a matter

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Matter is defined as anything that has mass and occupies volume. Visible light (or simply light) is an electromagnetic radiation. It has the wavelength ranges from 380 nm-780 nm. Light exists in tiny packets called photons. Photons have no rest mass and they do not occupy any volume. So light is not matter. It is the radiation of energy.

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