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10758447 No.10758447 [Reply] [Original]

At what point or frequency do electromagnetic waves transition from non-ionizing to ionizing and what is the reason for the difference in effect?

Do higher frequency waves inherently carry higher energy?

>> No.10758463

power is a function of both
amplitude and frequency

>> No.10758464

I think cesium has the lowest ionization energy so whatever frequency has at least that energy.

>> No.10759151

bump

>> No.10759158

Bump
Good thread

>> No.10759803

>>10758447
>Do higher frequency waves inherently carry higher energy?

Yes. This was Einstein won the Nobel prize for the photoelectric effect. The energy of a photon is the frequency multiplied by Planck's constant.

>> No.10760398

read up on energy levels