Category:Definitions/Planck's Constant
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This category contains definitions related to Planck's Constant.
Planck's constant is the physical constant $h$ which defines the quantum nature of energy and relates the energy of a photon to its frequency.
Thus:
- $E = \dfrac h f$
where:
- $E$ denotes the energy of a photon
- $f$ denotes the frequency of that photon
- $h$ denotes Planck's constant.
It is used for describing the behaviour of particles and waves at an atomic scale.
\(\ds h\) | \(=\) | \(\ds 6 \cdotp 62607 \, 015 \times 10^{-34}\) | joule seconds | \(\quad\) This sequence is A003676 in the On-Line Encyclopedia of Integer Sequences (N. J. A. Sloane (Ed.), 2008). | ||||||||||
\(\ds \) | \(=\) | \(\ds 6 \cdotp 62607 \, 015 \times 10^{-27}\) | erg seconds |
Source of Name
This entry was named for Max Karl Ernst Ludwig Planck.
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