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The electromagnetic spectrum is often shown as a range of photon energies and their names. Since energy = frequency*speed of light and speed of light is a constant, as frequency goes up the energy of a photon goes up. So the highest energy photons have the highest frequency but the shortest wavelength. | The electromagnetic spectrum is often shown as a range of photon energies and their names. Since energy = frequency*speed of light and speed of light is a constant, as frequency goes up the energy of a photon goes up. So the highest energy photons have the highest frequency but the shortest wavelength. | ||
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Revision as of 12:41, 18 March 2020
The electromagnetic spectrum is often shown as a range of photon energies and their names. Since energy = frequency*speed of light and speed of light is a constant, as frequency goes up the energy of a photon goes up. So the highest energy photons have the highest frequency but the shortest wavelength.
