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Amplitude
Orgin
Trough
Parts of Wave
● Origin - the base line of the energy.
● Crest - high point on a wave
● Trough - Low point on a wave
● Amplitude - distance from origin to crest
● Wavelength - distance from crest to
crest
● Wavelength - is abbreviated λ Greek
letter lambda.
Frequency
● The number of waves that pass a
given point per second.
● Units are cycles/sec or hertz (hz)
● Abbreviated ν the Greek letter nu
c = λν
Frequency and wavelength
● Are inversely related
● As one goes up the other goes down.
● Different frequencies of light is
different colors of light.
● There is a wide variety of frequencies
● The whole range is called a spectrum
HIGH LOW
energy energy
Gamma X- Ultra- Infrared Micro Radio
Rays Rays violet waves waves
● E(joules)=ch/λ
TRY these Examples
● What is the wavelength of blue light
with a frequency of 8.3 x 1014 hz?
● What is the frequency of red light
Moving Electron
Electron Changes velocity
The Bohr Model
● http://www.colorado.edu/physics/2000/qua
Spectra Lines
Wave action over a distance:
http://www.colorado.edu/physics/2000/quant
Two types of waves:
http://www.kettering.edu/~drussell/Demos/w
Problems
● Only 2 equations c = E = h
● Rearrange to: c
c = 3.00 x 1010 cm/sec
h = 6.6262 x 10 -34 Joules sec
● Calculate the wavelength of light if the
frequency is 5 x 107 hertz,
● 7.5 x 107hertz, and 4.28 x 107 hertz.
● What is the energy of these colors?