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Hello;
I asked my physics teacher what affected the energy of a photon. He said that it was only the frequency, and nothing else. However, I don't understand this.
E = hv (I'll say E = hf to make it simpler to avoid confusion) states that the energy of a photon is equal to Planck's constant multiplied by the frequency of the wave.
However, frequency is equal to velocity over wavelength due to v = fλ. So this means that;
[tex]E = \frac {hv} {\lambda}[/tex]
Meaning that frequency, wavelength AND velocity affect the energy of a photon. Is this true or is my physics teacher correct?
Thanks.
I asked my physics teacher what affected the energy of a photon. He said that it was only the frequency, and nothing else. However, I don't understand this.
E = hv (I'll say E = hf to make it simpler to avoid confusion) states that the energy of a photon is equal to Planck's constant multiplied by the frequency of the wave.
However, frequency is equal to velocity over wavelength due to v = fλ. So this means that;
[tex]E = \frac {hv} {\lambda}[/tex]
Meaning that frequency, wavelength AND velocity affect the energy of a photon. Is this true or is my physics teacher correct?
Thanks.