Photon vs Wave Model
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Photon vs Wave Model
With the photon model, energy is proportional to frequency, whereas with the wave model, energy is proportional to intensity. What is the difference between frequency and intensity?
Re: Photon vs Wave Model
I think that intensity in the wave model has to do with increasing the amplitude of the waves, while frequency in the photon model deals with increasing the number of photons.
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Re: Photon vs Wave Model
Frequency is directly related to the amount of energy of a photon. The intensity determines the amount of photons emitted. Therefore, it doesn't matter how intense the light is if the frequency is low since it won't reach the threshold energy.
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Re: Photon vs Wave Model
Frequency is the number of cycles per second, while intensity refers to the number of photons.
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The frequency (number of waves per second) of a photon determines its energy whereas the number of photons determines the intensity of light.
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Re: Photon vs Wave Model
Frequency is the cycles per second whereas intensity is number of photons. Increasing the intensity in the photon model does not assist with freeing bound electrons because no matter how many electrons you fire at the metal, if the strength or frequency is not high enough, no electrons will be ejected.
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