Try it on paper first. A hint, the key idea and the worked solution are here when you need them.
Four sources each send out electromagnetic waves with a power of W: a radio transmitter at MHz, a green lamp of wavelength nm, and an X-ray source of wavelength nm. Use J s and m/s. How many photons does each source send out in one second?
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Work it out on paper first. It is fine to get stuck or make a mistake: that is how we learn. When you are ready, go through the solution one step at a time, and check each step against your own.
Plan. One photon carries . The power is the energy each second, so .
Step 1. The radio transmitter. . So .
Step 2. The green lamp. . So . Then .
Step 3. The X-ray source. . So .
Answer: ; ; photons each second.
Check. The more energetic the photon, the fewer of them are needed for the same power. A radio transmitter sends out times more photons than the X-ray source, so each radio photon is only one part in of the X-ray one. Radio waves behave like a smooth wave; the photon nature of X-rays is easy to see.
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All the bands are electromagnetic waves with in vacuum. The photon energy is , and eV nm. In order of rising frequency: radio, microwave, infrared, visible, ultraviolet, X-ray, gamma.