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Planck Relation

Short Description of Topic
 The Planck Relation helps us to be able to figure out the energy of a photon based on its frequency of radiation.

==The Main Idea==

The energy of a photon is related to the frequency of its radiation by Planck's constant, h. This has a value of 6.626*10^-34 Joules*seconds. Planck's relation allows us to find the energy of a photon, or its frequency (the inverse of wavelength) of its radiation.

===A Mathematical Model=== 

E=hv
-h=6.626*10^-34 Joules*seconds

-E is the energy of a photon in Joules

-v is the frequency of the radiation of the proton in Hz

===A Computational Model===

Hyper physics has a program that allows users to input wavelength, frequency, or energy and find out the other two values. http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/mod2.html#c3

==Examples==

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===Simple===

What is the energy in a single photon of yellow light?
Orange light has a frequency of 435.75 THz.

E=hv

E=(6.626*10^-34)(435.75*10^12)
=2.887*10^-18 Joules

===Middling===
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==Connectedness==

This relation allows us to understand the photoelectric effect (why some metals emit electrons when light is shined on them) and Planck's Law of Black Body Radiation.

Every day in the biomedical device industry, new forms of treatment for cancer are being used. Proton emission therapy is a current method. If photons were ever used to combat disease, Planck's Relation could help engineers to calculate their energy or radiation frequency and wavelength in order to adjust these values to get the ones desired.

==History==

Max Planck, a German Scientist discovered Planck's Relation. He published his paper in 1900. He was doing research and realized that matter could only emit or absorb radiation at certain discrete energy levels. He found a constant that described the distance between the energy levels. 

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== See also ==

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===Further reading===
 HyperPhysics page on Photoelectric Effect: http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/mod2.html#c3

===External links===
A thorough example of a problem calculating the energy in a mole of photons using Planck's Relation: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M7UAPGD8ETU]

==References==

http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/mod2.html#c3
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dSUvyERhtO8
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