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Spatial frequency is a reciprocal length, which can thus be used as a measure of energy, usually of a particle. For example, the reciprocal centimetre, cm −1, is an energy unit equal to the energy of a photon with a wavelength of 1 cm. That energy amounts to approximately 1.24 × 10 −4 eV or 1.986 × 10 −23 J.
For example, a wavenumber in inverse centimeters can be converted to a frequency expressed in the unit gigahertz by multiplying by 29.979 2458 cm/ns (the speed of light, in centimeters per nanosecond); [5] conversely, an electromagnetic wave at 29.9792458 GHz has a wavelength of 1 cm in free space.
The SI unit of molar absorption coefficient is the square metre per mole (m 2 /mol), but in practice, quantities are usually expressed in terms of M −1 ⋅cm −1 or L⋅mol −1 ⋅cm −1 (the latter two units are both equal to 0.1 m 2 /mol). In older literature, the cm 2 /mol is sometimes used; 1 M −1 ⋅cm −1 equals 1000 cm 2 /mol.
where Δν̃ is the Raman shift expressed in wavenumber, λ 0 is the excitation wavelength, and λ 1 is the Raman spectrum wavelength. Most commonly, the unit chosen for expressing wavenumber in Raman spectra is inverse centimeters (cm −1). Since wavelength is often expressed in units of nanometers (nm), the formula above can scale for this ...
Kilokaiser is a common but incorrect spelling of the unit KiloKayser, which equals 1000 wavenumber (cm −1). The unit is named after Heinrich Gustav Johannes Kayser (16 March 1853 – 14 October 1940), a German physicist.
In spectroscopy, the unit cm −1 ≈ 0.000 123 9842 eV is used to represent energy since energy is inversely proportional to wavelength from the equation = = /. In discussions of energy production and consumption, the units barrel of oil equivalent and ton of oil equivalent are often used.
A quantity related to the wavelength is the angular wavelength (also known as reduced wavelength), usually symbolized by ƛ ("lambda-bar" or barred lambda). It is equal to the ordinary wavelength reduced by a factor of 2π (ƛ = λ/2π), with SI units of meter per radian. It is the inverse of angular wavenumber (k = 2π/λ).
The monochromatic AB magnitude is defined as the logarithm of a spectral flux density with the usual scaling of astronomical magnitudes and a zero-point of about 3 631 janskys (symbol Jy), [1] where 1 Jy = 10 −26 W Hz −1 m −2 = 10 −23 erg s −1 Hz −1 cm −2 ("about" because the true definition of the zero point is based on ...