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Why is a gamma-ray photon more energetic than an X-ray
Chapter 32, Problem 30TAE(choose chapter or problem)
QUESTION:
Why is a gamma-ray photon more energetic than an X-ray photon?
Questions & Answers
QUESTION:
Why is a gamma-ray photon more energetic than an X-ray photon?
ANSWER:Step 1 of 2
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 ().