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Why is a gamma-ray photon more energetic than an X-ray

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Why is a gamma-ray photon more energetic than an X-ray photon?

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Why is a gamma-ray photon more energetic than an X-ray photon?

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The energy of a wave is given by,

Where,

 is the frequency of the wave.

 is Planck's constant.

From the above equation it is very clear that the energy of a photon is proportional to its frequency ().

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