How do you find the amount of energy in a photon??

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How do you find the amount of energy in a photon??

2007-03-29 12:48:43 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Physics

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Get the frequency of the photon, then use:

E = h x f, where
h is Plank's constant, 6.626 x 10^(-36) J x s
and f is the frequency of the photon, in units of 1/s.

2007-03-29 13:02:27 · answer #1 · answered by Mick 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋

Energy of a photon is E = h.nu (or h.f) where h is the Planck's constant and nu or f is the frequency of the radiation. Higher the frequency, more is the energy.

2007-03-29 13:09:58 · answer #2 · answered by Swamy 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋