Planck's equation


may be written:

where is Planck's constant.   [P10.1, P10.2]

relates: the energy of a single photon to the frequency of monochromatic light composed of such photons.   [P10.1]

is also known: as Planck's law, Planck's formula or (in a more specific context) the Planck-Einstein formula.   [P10.1]


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