The discussion revolves around determining the speed of light using Planck's constant and associated measurements. Participants are exploring the relationship between energy, frequency, and wavelength in the context of this problem.
The discussion is ongoing, with participants providing guidance on relevant equations and questioning the assumptions about known variables. There is no explicit consensus on the approach, but some participants suggest focusing on the relationship between frequency and wavelength to calculate the speed of light.
There is mention of a template requiring all variables and known data, which appears to be incomplete. Participants are also questioning how Planck's constant fits into the measurement apparatus and what values are assumed to be known.
No the known variables are only frequency , wavelength and Planck's constant and I have to find speed of light.BvU said:The template has "all variables and given/known data", but you have nothing there...
E = mc2 has to do with the total energy of an electron, moving or at rest. Is that what you have available as a known datum ?
BvU said:So your relevant equation should have been ##c = \lambda \; \nu ## ?
(##\nu## = frequency)[/QUO
Okay so I can calculate c by just measuring frequency and wavelength of a material .