Is c always the speed of light?
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Is c always the speed of light?
When using the equation E= hc/ wavelength, is c always going to be the speed of light constant? Are there any instances were c is a different variable?
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Re: Is c always the speed of light?
As far as we have learned (unless someone correct me if I am wrong), c is a constant that will always be the set number equal to the speed of light. A constant is an unchanging number, thus c will always be the same value and will always represent that value as the speed of light. The only possibility I can think of as to why c might be a different number is if it undergoes a conversion factor to fit the specific question being asked, but the starting number would still be the same value of c.
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For our purposes, it will always be the speed of light. Hope this helps!
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From what I understood, I agree with both Meghan and Nico, C will always be the speed of light constant.
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Since in class "c" has remained the constant for speed of light, I think it's safe to assume that whenever we'd encounter c in a problem/equation that it'd be used as a constant. I think Dr. Lavelle would've specified otherwise if that was the case!
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Re: Is c always the speed of light?
From what I understand, the speed of light is always said to be constant c. c is also the fastest speed, so it is telling if an answer to a question is more than the speed of light because it must be incorrect.
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I agree with everyone above, from what we have learned so far, c is always a constant used in equations to represent the speed of light.
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Based on what we've learned so far, C would be the speed of light unless the question otherwise specifies
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It seems C will always be the constant of the speed of light, which is indicated on Dr. Lavelle's formula sheet.
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Re: Is c always the speed of light?
Yes so far C is always light which is a constant at 3*10^8 power. Unless they tell us otherwise
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Re: Is c always the speed of light?
Lavelle emphasized that c is a constant. In the equation c=wavelength.frequency, c is the constant and should always be the speed of light.
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The constant c is the speed of light, 2.99792 x 10^8 m/s, as indicated on the equation sheet.
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From all the material we've covered, c is always going to be a constant (the speed of light), 2.998x10^8 m/s. In the future maybe there will be another variable, c, that could also be another constant, but until now, just know that its the speed of light!
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Re: Is c always the speed of light?
Based on what we have learned so far, c will be the speed of light constant (2.998x10^8 m/s).
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For our purposes and for the equations we know already, yes, C will always be equal to the speed of light, or 3x10^8 m/s. Hope this helps!
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C is a constant in the equation such as "h"=6.626*10^-34. So I would continue using the constant as 3*10^8 for the purposes of our use. But as far as momentum equation(p=mv) the velocity changes.
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Re: Is c always the speed of light?
In this class, I believe we only need to know c as the speed of light (given as 2.998E-8 m/s on the reference sheet).
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Re: Is c always the speed of light?
Yes! At least so far in Chem14A c is always a constant which represents the speed of light, so it should not change.
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Re: Is c always the speed of light?
Yes it is always the speed of light. It is given to us on the formula sheet as 2.99792 x 10^8, so just use that every time you see the variable or need to use the speed of light in calculations :)
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Re: Is c always the speed of light?
Yes, C is the speed of light (a constant). In addition, it's important to note that C is the speed of all the electromagnetic radiation that we've learned thus far (radio, infrared, visible, UV, x-ray, gamma-ray), meaning that the frequency or wavelength does not impact the speed of light; it is always a constant.
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Re: Is c always the speed of light?
Yes, so far in this class, we have only learned that c is equal to the speed of light (3.00x10^8 m/s).
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According to the formula and constant sheet on the class website, c will always be the speed of light for the purposes of this class. However, there is another constant "C^2" that is called the second radiation constant.
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For now, c will always be equal to the speed of light, which is 3x10^8 m/s.
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All we need to know for this class is that c=speed of light= 3.0x10^8
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This class requires us to know c as the speed light which is 3 X 10^8 m/s
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In reference to the equation , the variable c should always be representative of the speed of light. The speed of light, c, is generally approximated to 3.00*10^8 m/s, however, more accurately is 2.99792*10^8 m/s. In terms of other cases where c is a considered a different variable, I would think those would be beyond the scope of the case, but I am not too sure. For now, I think there is no need to worry about c being another variable.
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C is the speed of light in a vacuum and for practical purposes for doing calculations in 14a, I’m assuming we will say that it is the speed of light in any case.
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Yep, and it will always equal wavelength * frequency when taken from the EM spectrum
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Yes c will always be the speed of light as its a constant. C=wavelengthxfrequency
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For our purposes, I believe that "c" will always be the speed of light
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C is the speed of light in a vacuum. Light traveling through air is a bit slower.
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Is there a specific constant for the speed of light through air or should we always assume to use c even if it is not stated a vacuum is present in the equation?
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Yes, c is the speed of light. I originally had the same question too, but since this equation solves for the energy of a photon, which is basically a tiny package of light energy which travels at the speed of light, then c would have to be the speed of light.
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In this class I think that c will only be used to represent speed of light yes.
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In this class at least, c will always be the speed of light! :))
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Re: Is c always the speed of light?
C always equals the speed of light, it will never equal another variable when doing the work we do.
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Re: Is c always the speed of light?
Yes, the constant c will remain a constant 2.99792 x 10^8 m/s. c will always refer to the speed of light for the purposes of our classes (as far as I am aware).
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Yes, like everyone else has stated, C is always going to represent the speed of light.
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Yes, c will always be the speed of light. It is constant, after all. The reason why it is a constant is due to the inverse relationship between wavelength and frequency. Whenever you double wavelength, you are halving the frequency, and when you multiply these two values together, you will always obtain the speed of light (3.00x10^8 m/s).
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Like what everyone else is saying, c is a variable specific to the speed of light. If velocity were supposed to be another value, it would typically be expressed with the variable (v).
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Yes, c will always be the speed of light. The full length number for c can be found on his equation sheet.
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In this class, you can always count on c being the speed of light.
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Re: Is c always the speed of light?
Yes, and it will always be the product of the wavelength and frequency.
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Re: Is c always the speed of light?
Yes, c is a constant equal to 3*10^8 m/s, and it is commonly used in equations c=(lambda)(nu)...in other words, wavelength*frequency. Another side note: the speed of light is lower case c. Please do not confuse it with C as in Celsius or C as in carbon!
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Yep, c in chemistry will always be known as the constant for the speed of light.
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The speed of light will always be represented by c (so far as I know!). However, the actual speed of light changes depending on what material it travels through. The constant c is the speed of light in a vacuum, but it will change if it's going through a different material.
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yes. Its either going to be that one constant, or you'll be given the info to calculate whatever number they want you to
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Yes, I do believe that the speed of light will always be represented as the constant c.
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Savannah Torella 1L wrote:When using the equation E= hc/ wavelength, is c always going to be the speed of light constant? Are there any instances were c is a different variable?
I think based on this class, it would always be used for speed.
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Re: Is c always the speed of light?
Yes, the constant c is always going to represent the speed of light in that equation. (c=3x10^8 m/s)
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Re: Is c always the speed of light?
c will always be equal to the speed of light. The speed of light does not change in a vacuum, unless acted upon by gravity. In the c = lambda nu equation, we assume we are in a vacuum with negligible gravitational force acting on the light.
Hope this helps!
Hope this helps!
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Re: Is c always the speed of light?
I believe it is safe to say that the only constant c we will be encountering for the time being will concern the speed of light.
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Re: Is c always the speed of light?
Based on the formulas and constants sheet, c in this class will stand for the speed of light.
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c is always the speed of light as long as it is in a vacuum. If it is the speed of light not it a vacuum, then it varies.
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for this class c is always the constant value for speed of light!
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Yes I think for what we've learnd so far, c is always the speed of light.
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c will always be the constant for the speed of light(at least for this class).
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Yes, c is always the speed of light and it will not change based on the topics we have learned so far. The wavelength and frequency values will change to equal to the speed of light.
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Re: Is c always the speed of light?
since the speed of light is a constant (c) it will always be the same number
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In this class, c will always be the speed of light. Although this is technically the speed of light in a vacuum and light will travel slower through other substances, in this class we will just use this optimal maximum value.
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Re: Is c always the speed of light?
From what we have learned I believe c is always the speed of light.
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In this case, this will only be the speed of light. It may change in future classes (I'm not sure), but for now this is the speed of light. The constant is around 3 x 10^8
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Re: Is c always the speed of light?
When using the equation E=hc/wavelength, c is always going to be the speed of the light constant. This constant is approximately 3 x 10^8 m/s. There are no instances in E=hc/wavelength for which c will be a different variable.
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Re: Is c always the speed of light?
In the context of this class, the constant "c" will always refer to the speed of light, which is approximately 2.99792 x 108 meters per second.
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Yes, I think you can be completely sure to use c when you're talking about energy because it is in the form of photons and it is always light and therefore always has the speed c.
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For this course, c will always be a constant and represent the speed of light
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In relation to popular understanding, the constant c = 3.00 *10^8, is always going to stay the same when talking about the speed of light
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Yes, c will be the speed of light which is 3.00 x 10^8m/s, and it's a constant meaning the value of c will never change. Hope this helps!
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Re: Is c always the speed of light?
Yes. c is always the speed of light since it is 3x10^8 m/s. This is how we relate the frequency of a wave as well as it’s wavelength. If the speed of light was to change we wouldn’t be able to relate frequency to wavelength with the equation that we’re given (c=lamba(mu)).
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Re: Is c always the speed of light?
Yes, c is always the speed of light, which is 3 times 10 to the lower of 8. This is significant because your wavelength times your frequency equals your speed of light. All waves follow this pattern, regardless of their magnitude.
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