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What is the smallest quantum of energy for a wavelength of light?
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The smallest quantum of energy is E=hc/w = 2E-25/w where w is the wavelength.
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Which had the lower energy quanta red light or blue light?
Light of is made up of a finite number of photons, or light quanta. The energy of each photon is proportional to the frequency of the light, and hence inversely proportional to the wavelength of the light. Red light has a longer wavelength than blue light, so the quantum of red light has less energy than the quantum of blue light.
How do you find energy when given wavelength?
The energy in each photon (quantum) of electromagnetic radiation is(h) x (c) / (wavelength)h = Planck's Konstantc = speed of light
What is the smallest wavelength of light?
The shortest wavelength of visible light is the wavelength of the last color you can see on the blue end of the rainbow or spectrum.
How do you find wavelength if you've been given the energy?
The easiest way would be to find a descriptive article on the internet that shows the visible colors spread out with some wavelengths labeled. There, you can find the approximate wavelengths for light of various colors. If you don't know the color of the light, then in order to find its wavelength, you'd need to know either its frequency or the energy of a photon (quantum). Energy of a photon = h f h = Planck's Konstant = about 6.63 x 10-34 joule-second f = frequency of the light wave or photon But the frequency is (speed of light)/(wavelength) so, Energy = h c/wavelength . If you know either the energy of the photon or its frequency, you can use this stuff to find its wavelength. In this discussion, I've toggled back and forth a few times between the frequency/wavelength of the quantum and the frequency/wavelength of the light wave. Don't worry. They're the same.
What color of light will have the smallest wavelength?
The color with the smallest (or as scientist term it, the shortest) wavelength is the color violet, also known as purple.
Which had the lower energy quanta red light or blue light?
Light of is made up of a finite number of photons, or light quanta. The energy of each photon is proportional to the frequency of the light, and hence inversely proportional to the wavelength of the light. Red light has a longer wavelength than blue light, so the quantum of red light has less energy than the quantum of blue light.
How do you find energy when given wavelength?
The energy in each photon (quantum) of electromagnetic radiation is(h) x (c) / (wavelength)h = Planck's Konstantc = speed of light
What is the difference between ultraviolet and infrared lights?
Wavelength, frequency, and energy carried by each photon (light quantum).
How are radio waves and light waves similar?
Except for their wavelength (frequency) and energy per quantum, they're identical.
Quantum-mechanical model for the hydrogen atom which of the following transitions would produce light with the longer wavelength 3p2s or 4p3p?
A transition from 4p to 3p will produce light with a longer wavelength. This is because this transition is a smaller energy exchange than that of 3p to 2s (longer wavelength = less energy.)
What is the smallest wavelength of light?
The shortest wavelength of visible light is the wavelength of the last color you can see on the blue end of the rainbow or spectrum.
Which has more energy green light or yellow light?
Green light. If you use the abbreviation ROY G. Biv ( red, orange yellow, green, blue, indigo, violet), you will always know that the red light has the longest wavelength and violet has the smallest wavelength. Wavelength and frequency are inversely proportional to one another. So if the wavelength is large, frequency is small, and when wavelength is small, frequency is large. Green light has a smaller wavelength than yellow. Likewise it has a higher frequency than yellow does. Therefore, green light has a higher frequency than yellow light.
What color of light will have the smallest wavelength?
The color with the smallest (or as scientist term it, the shortest) wavelength is the color violet, also known as purple.
How do you find wavelength if you've been given the energy?
The easiest way would be to find a descriptive article on the internet that shows the visible colors spread out with some wavelengths labeled. There, you can find the approximate wavelengths for light of various colors. If you don't know the color of the light, then in order to find its wavelength, you'd need to know either its frequency or the energy of a photon (quantum). Energy of a photon = h f h = Planck's Konstant = about 6.63 x 10-34 joule-second f = frequency of the light wave or photon But the frequency is (speed of light)/(wavelength) so, Energy = h c/wavelength . If you know either the energy of the photon or its frequency, you can use this stuff to find its wavelength. In this discussion, I've toggled back and forth a few times between the frequency/wavelength of the quantum and the frequency/wavelength of the light wave. Don't worry. They're the same.
Which color of light does the smallest energy drop of an electron produce?
The smallest drop of an electron between two energy states in an atom flips out a photon of radio with a frequency of about 1,420 MHz (wavelength = about 21 centimeters).
Do violet light and red light have the same energy?
Energy = Planck's Constant * wavelength The lights will not have the same energy is the wavelength varies.
Which has greater energy a quantum of yellow light or a quantum of violet light?
Violet light has greater energy because it has higher frequency than yellow light
