Wavelength, Frequency, and Energy Calculations

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Wavelength

Distance between 2 corresponding parts on a wave

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Frequency

Number of times a crest of a wave passes a point each second

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Types of electromagnetic radiation, in order, from least energy to most energy

Radio, micro, infrared, visible, ultraviolet, x-ray, gamma ray

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Speed of Light

3.00 × 108 m/s

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How is light and other electromagnetic radiation best described?

as both wave- and particle-like in nature

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When is black-body radiation emitted by matter?

at high temperature

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To calculate the energy of a quanta or photon of light you must use the equation

E = hν

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Frequency and wavelength have an _______ relationship

inverse