DeBroglie Equation
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Re: DeBroglie Equation
This is because DeBroglie equation refers to moving particles such as a car or an electron. However, light is electromagnetic radiation and therefore you could only apply the electromagnetic equations λv=c and E=hv to photons.
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Re: DeBroglie Equation
Since you have to have a mass to find wavelength using DeBroglie's equation, it would be impossible for it to work for light because light has no mass.
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Re: DeBroglie Equation
Considering the DeBroglie equation, which needs you to calculate the momentum=mv, the light does not have a mass, so you can't use this equation for light.
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Re: DeBroglie Equation
The DeBroglie Equation can not be applied to light because light has no mass.
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Re: DeBroglie Equation
When using the DeBroglie equation, do the units for mass have to be in grams, and does the velocity have to be in meters per second?
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Re: DeBroglie Equation
So, De Broglie's equation can only be applied to things that have a mass and velocity (p)?
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Re: DeBroglie Equation
The DeBroglie Equation is only used for any moving particles with momentum and has wavelike properties with wavelength. Light does not have any mass so it cannot be used to calculate momentum.
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