Modern Physics
Quantum Physics
Light in packets: photons, electrons, energy levels
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Quantum physics covers photon energy, the photoelectric effect, matter waves, X-rays and the photon an atomic transition emits, in electronvolts and nanometres.
Skills in this topic
Photons & Photoelectric Effect
Get a photon's energy from its wavelength and the electrons it can knock loose
Matter Waves & X-rays
Find the de Broglie wavelength of a particle, the cutoff of an X-ray tube and the spacing from a Bragg reflection
Energy Levels
Find the photon an atomic transition emits, in electronvolts and in nanometres
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