2007-03-04 07:10:59 · 5 answers · asked by Narissa J 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Chemistry
Uh, the first answerer is exactly wrong. He told you how to convert cm to m. To converm cm^-1 to m^-1 (i.e. inverse cm to inverse m, presumably you're talking infrared or radio spectroscopy here) you MULTIPLY by 100, not divide.
If you get confused with these types of conversions, b/c they're not very common, think of it this way. If something is 1 cm long, then it's 1/100 of a meter long. But cm^-1 is "per cm" and m^-1 is "per m." If something occurs only once "per cm" then it would occur 100 times in a meter. That's why you multiply, not divide.
2007-03-04 07:30:40 · answer #1 · answered by Some Body 4 · 14⤊ 0⤋
1 Cm To M
2016-12-10 17:46:46 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 2⤋
1 Meter To Cm
2016-10-04 09:40:17 · answer #3 · answered by regula 4 · 1⤊ 2⤋
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how do you convert cm-1 to m-1?
2015-08-24 23:41:58 · answer #4 · answered by Alanah 1 · 1⤊ 1⤋
difference between cm and cm-1
2016-10-17 23:36:15 · answer #5 · answered by Bhagwati 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This unit is of the frequency that is used in infra-red spectroscopy.
It means that you have many waves (of frequency) for centimeter, it means number of wave.
If you will have a meter, you will have one hundred times more waves than in one centimeter, so if the band of infrared is in 1600 cm-¹, you can say 160000 m-¹.
2007-03-04 08:00:13 · answer #6 · answered by ricardo n 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
1m = 100cm..therefore, you divide the number you have in cm by 100 to convert it into m.
2007-03-04 07:15:24 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 10⤋
thanks to each and every one of you guys for the replies.
2016-08-23 20:10:19 · answer #8 · answered by renae 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋