Roger Dynamic Motion Posted May 29, 2017 Posted May 29, 2017 Question : what is the unit of heat do they possess. (photons)
swansont Posted May 29, 2017 Posted May 29, 2017 Whatever unit of energy you want to use. Joules, ergs, electron-volts, etc.
Roger Dynamic Motion Posted May 29, 2017 Author Posted May 29, 2017 Whatever unit of energy you want to use. Joules, ergs, electron-volts, etc. does it depend of the frequency of the wave ? and the charge ( Watts).
Strange Posted May 29, 2017 Posted May 29, 2017 The energy of a photon is directly proportional to its frequency (e=hf). The range of frequencies from a black body is: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black-body_radiation#Spectrum (Watts is a unit of power not charge)
swansont Posted May 29, 2017 Posted May 29, 2017 does it depend of the frequency of the wave ? and the charge ( Watts). No. It's common to use a unit appropriate to the scale (e.g. Joules vs eV is large vs small) but energy is energy. You can do a conversion from one unit system to another. EM waves do not have a charge. A watt is a unit of power, which is a rate of energy transfer (watt = joule/second)
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