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To find (frequency): Divide (speed) by (wavelength).
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What frequency have the shortest wavelength?
For light they would be gamma rays, or waves with a frequency greater than 1 * 10^20 (10000000000000000000) Hz. And really, as a general rule, the higher the frequency the shorter the wavelength. If you want to calculate the frequency or wavelength you take the speed of light (~3.00*10^8 m/s) and divide it by either the frequency or wavelength, and your answer will be the wavelength (if you used frequency) or the frequency (if you used wavelength).
What determine the color of a light wave?
Its wavelength (or frequency).
How do you calculate the wavelength of frequency?
Wavelength = (speed of the wave) divided by (frequency)
Why is wavelength all you need to know to calculate EM wave frequency in a vacuum?
Because the speed of light in a vacuum is constant(c). hence the formula, v=f.w, where v is velovity, f is frequency and w is wavelength, can be used to calculate the frequency.
What happenes to the frequency of light when its wavelength increases or decreases?
wavelength = speed of light/frequency so we rearrange frequency = speed of light/wavelength Hopefully you can figure it out from here...
How do you calculate the frequency of light waves?
by dividing the speed of light with its wavelength
How do you calculate the frequency of light emitted in chemicals?
There are several ways to calculate the frequency of light emitted or absorbed by different chemicals, and they depend on what you already know. For example, if you know the energy of the particle, then you can calculate frequency from E = planck's constant x frequency and solve for frequency. If you happen to know the wavelength, then you can use C = wavelength x frequency and solve for frequency (where C = speed of light).
What frequency have the shortest wavelength?
For light they would be gamma rays, or waves with a frequency greater than 1 * 10^20 (10000000000000000000) Hz. And really, as a general rule, the higher the frequency the shorter the wavelength. If you want to calculate the frequency or wavelength you take the speed of light (~3.00*10^8 m/s) and divide it by either the frequency or wavelength, and your answer will be the wavelength (if you used frequency) or the frequency (if you used wavelength).
What determine the color of a light wave?
Its wavelength (or frequency).
How do you calculate the wavelength of frequency?
Wavelength = (speed of the wave) divided by (frequency)
What is its wavelength in Plexiglass where light travels at 67 percent of its speed in air?
This depends on the frequency (or color) of the light. There is a formula to calculate it: w = v / f Where w is the wavelength, v its speed and f its frequency.
Why is wavelength all you need to know to calculate EM wave frequency in a vacuum?
Because the speed of light in a vacuum is constant(c). hence the formula, v=f.w, where v is velovity, f is frequency and w is wavelength, can be used to calculate the frequency.
What is the formula for converting frequency of light into wavelength?
wavelength = c/frequency of light where c is the speed of light.
What happenes to the frequency of light when its wavelength increases or decreases?
wavelength = speed of light/frequency so we rearrange frequency = speed of light/wavelength Hopefully you can figure it out from here...
Frequency for UV waves?
The frequency ranges between 450 THz and 950 THz.
How could you find the wavelength of light if you knew its speed and frequency?
Wavelength times frequency is the speed. To know the wavelength, you have to divide the speed by the frequency of the light.
What is the frequency of ultra-violet?
The wavelength of ultraviolet light is between 10 and 400 nanometers (nm).From the wavelength you can determine the frequency. If you divide the speed of light by the wavelength, you can calculate the frequency.The frequency range would be from 7.5 x 1014 Hz to 3 x 1016 Hz.
