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Offline Craftylikeafly

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Energy Relationships
« on: October 26, 2009, 02:19:29 PM »
E=hc/ cycle/sec        h= planck's constant (6.626*10-34)   c=3.0*108
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Calculate the energy of the photons emitted by 1030 kHz

my work:
(6.626*10-34) (3.0*108) = 1.93*10-31
              1030000Hz

I keep getting the wrong answer please explain what im doing wrong.

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Re: Energy Relationships
« Reply #1 on: October 26, 2009, 05:32:12 PM »
As far as I know (and it's been a long time since I last did this), the equation you should use is E =  h*f (f being frequency, I have no idea how to write a proper nu). Alternatively, you can use E = h*c/l (l being wavelength for lambda). You seem to have mixed up these two formulas.

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