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Planck's relation

Description

Electrons can only gain and lose energy by jumping from one allowed orbit to another, absorbing or emitting electromagnetic radiation with a frequency “f” , determined by the energy difference of the levels.
The Planck–Einstein relation,also referred to as the Einstein relation, Planck’s energy–frequency relation, is a formula integral to quantum mechanics, and states that the energy of a photon (E) is proportional to its frequency (f).
(The frequency of the radiation emitted at an orbit of period T is the reciprocal of the classical orbit period).

Related formulas

Variables

E2Initial electron energy (J)
E1Final electron energy (J)
hPlanck constant
fFrequency of the radiation (hertz)