Black Bodies and Planck Explained

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  • Explaining the theory behind black body radiation, the problems it caused in terms of classical theory, and Max Planck's solution
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  • @izzyy319
    @izzyy319 7 лет назад +99

    All this time I've been hating physics but I watched this video and was blown away. It all makes sense now. Thanks so much!!

    • @bipolatelly9806
      @bipolatelly9806 7 лет назад

      Isabel Curtis
      Then you will LOVE the Thunderbolts Project.
      THE science channel on utoob!

    • @shupesmerga4694
      @shupesmerga4694 4 года назад +4

      IMO, the lack of context in the way of educating the kids makes these subjects difficult

    • @juliusraben3526
      @juliusraben3526 3 года назад

      Sad that your school physics teachers couldnt do what this video did...... (it definitley made maths easier for me xD)

    • @PhysicsHigh
      @PhysicsHigh  3 года назад +7

      Glad it helped.

    • @sauroman1
      @sauroman1 3 года назад +2

      Math is also boring. But make physics visual and easily understandable to imagination and it gets whole new meaning.

  • @yoinkling
    @yoinkling 3 года назад +59

    Oh okay, I don't have to be confused about "why" because "why" isn't explained by Plank! what a relief

  • @reindeerchai1286
    @reindeerchai1286 Год назад +8

    The stair and slope example was brilliant! Thanks : D

  • @shupesmerga4694
    @shupesmerga4694 4 года назад +12

    Great explanation, subjects are easily understood when they don't depart from the context, it keeps the chain of thought connected and your attention continuous. Story-telling at it's finest.

  • @xapk
    @xapk Год назад +4

    Hi, working my way through some early universe cosmology and need to understand some basic concepts more clearly.....so this is perfect! Thanks for your generous time!

  • @danielsteinbrecher8339
    @danielsteinbrecher8339 2 года назад +4

    Thank you so much for keeping this topic to the basics so one can understand the central principal! Not one German video I saw did it as well as you did.

  • @friendlyman4729
    @friendlyman4729 6 лет назад +17

    Honestly you are a saviour to my atar

  • @Danny-hj2qg
    @Danny-hj2qg 2 года назад +9

    (2:28) Correction, you're getting the smaller wavelengths in the blue/violet region of the visible spectrum, not the "frequencies" like you said.

  • @almirbravin1
    @almirbravin1 2 года назад +3

    Its is the best explanation I've found at the level of high school , congratulations teacher.

  • @clarrrisaj8520
    @clarrrisaj8520 2 года назад +2

    I spent so long trying to understand this topic but this video is so well explained. Thank you !!

  • @sarahc.167
    @sarahc.167 2 года назад +3

    Thank you so much for this. So grateful to all the teachers who give their time to make amazing videos like this

  • @gearhead1302
    @gearhead1302 4 года назад +6

    I was having a hard time fully understanding this and now I get it! Thanks.

  • @viharakumarasinghe8884
    @viharakumarasinghe8884 5 лет назад +6

    As always your videos are amazing. Thank you so much for creating them. This is perfectly clear, simple and very easy to understand.

  • @douglasstrother6584
    @douglasstrother6584 4 месяца назад +4

    "Planck’s Route to the Black Body Radiation Formula and Quantization" by Michael Fowler details Planck's thermodynamic analysis of the entropy of Blackbody Radiation, which motivated his hypothesis to satisfy Wien's Law at high frequencies.
    Planck's application of Boltzmann's Statistical Mechanics led to his conclusion that the material of the walls emit and absorb radiation in discrete quanta.
    It's a great read.

    • @Anonymous-by5jp
      @Anonymous-by5jp 4 месяца назад +1

      Thanks. I’ll look it up

    • @Anonymous-by5jp
      @Anonymous-by5jp 4 месяца назад +1

      You’ve done a great job of shedding light on a complicated subject. Thanks 😊

    • @douglasstrother6584
      @douglasstrother6584 4 месяца назад +1

      @@Anonymous-by5jp You bet!
      It's very accessible, written at the Junior/Senior Undergraduate level.

    • @hariharansankaran9012
      @hariharansankaran9012 2 месяца назад +1

      Thank you

    • @douglasstrother6584
      @douglasstrother6584 2 месяца назад +1

      @@hariharansankaran9012 "Theoretical Concepts in Physics: An Alternative View of Theoretical Reasoning in Physics" by Malcolm S. Longair contains a more details.

  • @abdelrahmanabdelraouf6201
    @abdelrahmanabdelraouf6201 7 месяцев назад

    Thank you truly for the great video. Taking a modern physics course this semester and the TA explained it poorly, appreciate the help!

  • @Banana-qg1jp
    @Banana-qg1jp 7 лет назад +2

    This suddenly makes so much more sense!! Thank you soooooo soooo soooo much!!!!!

    • @PhysicsHigh
      @PhysicsHigh  7 лет назад +1

      you are welcome - please share with your friends

  • @shreyakalkundri137
    @shreyakalkundri137 7 лет назад +5

    It was too good... I really understood everything.... Thank you so much

  • @sheizm888
    @sheizm888 4 года назад +2

    Wow, I’m actually learning and fascinated this time around. Thank you

  • @anthroexile
    @anthroexile 5 лет назад +5

    Brilliant!!!! Thank you very much!

  • @aretib1026
    @aretib1026 4 года назад +3

    first year studying physics at uni, really helpfull video!

  • @chrisraccoon1726
    @chrisraccoon1726 7 лет назад +7

    great and precise explanation! very greatful

  • @davidwilkie9551
    @davidwilkie9551 2 года назад

    Black-body e-Pi anti node singularity vanishing-into-no-thing zero-infinity axial-tangential sync-duration orthogonality. Inside-outside holographic time-timing positioning by i-reflection containment.

  • @vispi1944
    @vispi1944 2 года назад +1

    Very good and clear presentation.

  • @willzhou4229
    @willzhou4229 3 года назад

    Very easy to understand presentation on an abstract topic

  • @savannahparrish7261
    @savannahparrish7261 4 года назад +1

    I needed this thank you 🙏!

  • @michelleluulam472
    @michelleluulam472 8 лет назад +17

    sir you are great

  • @chriselvidge6891
    @chriselvidge6891 Год назад

    Instead of referring to the wavelengths involved in the UV "catastrophe" as "smaller" wavelengths - I recommend using "shorter" wavelengths.

  • @plamenpenchev262
    @plamenpenchev262 3 года назад +1

    Very nice channel. But I have two remarks.
    First, Plank fitted the experimental data with his formula and then tried to explain it with thermodynamics and the necessary E = hf.
    Second: why everybody starts with Plank? 30 - 40 years ago spectroscopists supposed that the energy levels are discrete -- spectra are discrete.
    Also, the term black body is very confusing for a layman. BB is in thermodynamics equilibrium: it emits the same amount of energy that absorbs. Practically BB
    is not a black thing. As an IR spectroscopist (chemist, not physicist) I always wondered if the colour of BB is black as it is usually illustrated (by you too).

  • @DonatoColangelo
    @DonatoColangelo 4 года назад +2

    Very nice explanation Sir. I just started reading (for something like the 5th time) “Quantum” by M. Kumar, a fantastic book on many respects, and the first chapter is about the black body radiation problem, Wien’s solution and inherent problem and of course Plank mathematical solution. I was looking for Plank’s formula and I am so happy to have found it in the video. Now I’d like to understand how he got to that specific equation, which is quite complex. Oh, by the way, I subscribed to the channel! Cheers.

    • @PhysicsHigh
      @PhysicsHigh  4 года назад +2

      Thanks for your feedback 😉

  • @saveearth9816
    @saveearth9816 Год назад

    Thank you very much.... I watched many videos to understand... (why we say U. V catastrophe) I thought that because of harmful EM radiotion (ionizing radiation) from U. V & and shorter frequencies.... BUT NOW I REALIZED BECAUSE IT BREAKS THE EXPECTATION OF THE CLASSICAL PHYSICS

  • @climatebell
    @climatebell Месяц назад

    I just found this video and liked it very much for its crisp educational explanation and added it to my Some Relevant Science Videos playlist so others will find it. Planck's equation is the key equation I used to create the GHG Lab calculator which performs precise and accurate computations for how much the Earth's System is heated from a change in GHGs. This is novel work to help head-off future needless mitigation activities. The link is on my channel if you are curious.

  • @seisukeota273
    @seisukeota273 Год назад +1

    I watched the video and enjoyed it.

  • @urwahsohail1813
    @urwahsohail1813 Год назад

    Oh my god. I have watched a lot of videos, and This is just incredible.

  • @nagahumanbeingzooofparticl8836
    @nagahumanbeingzooofparticl8836 6 лет назад +1

    very well explained.. thank you.

  • @angelisvegan5826
    @angelisvegan5826 3 года назад

    You have no idea how thankful I am

  • @anzatzi
    @anzatzi 3 месяца назад

    It is not clear why introducing a quantized constant solves the 'catastrophe'. Thats the video
    I want to see! Thank you.

  • @amanbhanse5645
    @amanbhanse5645 6 лет назад

    great video!!.....this video helps me to understand the planck's law.....other videos on youtube are just waste of time,,,,,,....

  • @carlosalexandreFAT
    @carlosalexandreFAT 2 года назад

    The association of the main numbers in mathematics reflect numerical sequences that correspond to the dimensions of the Earth, the Moon, and the Sun, in the unit of measurement in meters, which is 1" (second) / 299,792,458 m/s (speed of light in a vacuum).
    Planck's constant.
    Planck’s constant: 6.63 × 10-34 m2 kg.
    Circumference of the Moon: 10,916.
    Gold equation: 1,618 ɸ
    (((6.63 ^ (10,916 x 10^-4 )) x 1.618 x (10^3)= 12,756.82
    Earth’s equatorial diameter: 12,756 km.
    Planck's temperature: 1.41679 x 10^32 Kelvin.
    Newton’s law of gravitation: G = 6.67 x 10^-11 N.m^2/kg^2.
    Speed of Sound: 340.29 m/s
    (1.41679 ^ 6.67) x 340.29 - 1 = 3,474.81
    Moon's diameter:: 3,474 km.
    Frequencies of the Planets of the Solar System:
    • Mercury: 141.27 Hz;
    • Venus: 221.23 Hz;
    • Earth: 7.83 Hz;
    • Mars: 144.72 Hz;
    • Jupiter: 183.58 Hz;
    • Saturn: 147.85 Hz;
    • Uranus: 432 Hz;
    • Neptune: 211.44 Hz;
    • Planck constant: 6.63 × 10^-34 m2 kg.
    • ((141,27 + 221,23 + 7,83 + 144,72 +183,58 + 147,85 + 432 + 211,44) ^ 6,63) x (10^-17) = 10.916,17
    Moon's circumference: 10,916 km.
    Orion: The Connection between Heaven and Earth eBook Kindle

  • @philoso377
    @philoso377 5 месяцев назад

    Nice video and presentation.
    Ty and Jean gave us a curve fitting solution is mathematics but science. On the other hand Planck offer a final curve fitting solution is also mathematics but science.
    The catastrophe came out of our ignorance, selective learning and inability of connecting dots so to speak. Essentially, at the time the instrument’s sensor was sealed inside a glass container and we all know that glass attenuates infrared and ultraviolet that masked off real response, in the end we saw a distorted view on page 8:30+. That means we still don’t know the real characteristics is until we have found a new material but glass to preserve the real information in the signal, light.
    We have PhD everywhere today but they offer us D and not Ph. Without philosophy science is soulless.

  • @mandeepkatnori3892
    @mandeepkatnori3892 7 лет назад +3

    loved it... seriously!!! got the point I was looking for ... thank you !!! 👌

  • @kartikamarjeet2082
    @kartikamarjeet2082 4 года назад

    Thank you very much! Beautifully explained.

  • @brianbycroft6090
    @brianbycroft6090 4 года назад +2

    Am I missing something? As E = hf, more strictly speaking energy is only quantised for a particular emr frequency. As far as I'm aware, f is continuous??

  • @vinosburhan2519
    @vinosburhan2519 Год назад +1

    Thannnk yoouuuuuu 🌸

  • @PrinceKumar-wx1sk
    @PrinceKumar-wx1sk 7 лет назад +2

    awesome... sir, thank you :)

  • @zitscx886
    @zitscx886 3 года назад +2

    14:10
    There should no pie in the numerator.
    Just pointing it out!

  • @capitaopacoca8454
    @capitaopacoca8454 3 года назад

    Finally understood what a n body is. Thanks!

  • @tishamcmeekin9182
    @tishamcmeekin9182 2 года назад

    I heard that Einstein filled the hole of understanding the formula. Can atoms be seen? How are they measured? I like Buckminster Fullers General Systems Theory model, wherein the metaphysical must be considered. Physics cannot explain metaphysics because by its nature it is finite or limited. All good for material universe, but what about that which we don't see physically? Even the full spectrum of color (as well as phenomena)...
    Thank you for sharing your insights.

  • @kiranchannayanamath3230
    @kiranchannayanamath3230 7 лет назад

    Very elegant explanation.

  • @coppercrusader6791
    @coppercrusader6791 5 лет назад +20

    im in graduate school haha the HIGH school physics explained makes me feel so dumb

    • @mahathirmoon5010
      @mahathirmoon5010 4 года назад

      cause you are

    • @tetestoes5188
      @tetestoes5188 3 года назад

      @@mahathirmoon5010 mean

    • @mahathirmoon5010
      @mahathirmoon5010 3 года назад

      @@tetestoes5188 that's okay

    • @tetestoes5188
      @tetestoes5188 3 года назад

      @@mahathirmoon5010 nah what if that person is sensitive

    • @123bluestorm1
      @123bluestorm1 3 года назад +2

      @@mahathirmoon5010 dude wtf. Stop insulting people especially when u saved videos of UNDERSTANDING SLOPE and INTERPRETING DOT PRODUCT. The former even a middle schooler can understand, the latter a decent high schooler would get. If this guy is in grad school he’s prob much more smarter than you, a person who needs help understanding middle school maths.

  • @oneworld823
    @oneworld823 5 лет назад +5

    Thank you so much. Great explanation. Wonderful effort. Keep posting. Regards.

  • @JaykeSapalaran-iq3qs
    @JaykeSapalaran-iq3qs Год назад

    Great video information 👍❤thank you for sharing your knowledge and experience 🇵🇭🫡

  • @CarinaPrimaBallerina
    @CarinaPrimaBallerina 2 года назад

    Excellent! Thank you

  • @Buddha-Einstein
    @Buddha-Einstein 7 месяцев назад

    Purely INTUITIVELY SPEAKING, HOW DOES QUANTIZATION show intensity going down at higher frequencies? Put the math aside, what stops energy from taking next quanta of hf?

  • @n.1822
    @n.1822 7 лет назад +1

    thank you so much this is amazing

    • @PhysicsHigh
      @PhysicsHigh  7 лет назад

      you are welcome - please share and spread the word

  • @tiagoromero1777
    @tiagoromero1777 2 года назад

    How did he came up with that? I think he figured out that energy was quantized and to get the value he just tried smaller and smaller numbers until the equation matched up with the experimental data... Then just multiplies that constant by the frequency and there it is, such a simple but beautfil approach to solve the problem

  • @philmiller99
    @philmiller99 6 лет назад

    I finally understand this. Thanks.

  • @saifrahaman8974
    @saifrahaman8974 7 лет назад +2

    Thanks sir

  • @vijgenboom2843
    @vijgenboom2843 2 года назад

    Great! Thank you.❤️

  • @isaiahmills714
    @isaiahmills714 7 лет назад +2

    wow cool these videos are amazing

  • @lesnerchai2186
    @lesnerchai2186 3 года назад +1

    Great video sir. Your great explanation is what I need . Thank you.

  • @kugaththeplaguefather6332
    @kugaththeplaguefather6332 2 года назад

    4:05 may i ask why does it go down? the red thing like raises up from the start but then goes back down

  • @LawGTSenpaiLaw
    @LawGTSenpaiLaw 4 года назад

    THANK YOU

  • @boxfox2945
    @boxfox2945 8 месяцев назад

    How does this relate with radiated particle. Something radiated is slightly warm. But doesn't emediatelly show burns. Till later. & doesn't glow.

  • @huntergirl7275
    @huntergirl7275 6 лет назад

    I think the white line you drew on the ultraviolet catastrophe screen should show exponential growth, not exponential decay, though...

  • @louisvanhunsel1932
    @louisvanhunsel1932 4 года назад +1

    something you need to hear things from another teacher and it all falls into place, thank you!!!!

  • @mohamadelchami9010
    @mohamadelchami9010 5 лет назад +1

    Bravo!

  • @bizarrehuh8076
    @bizarrehuh8076 4 года назад

    thank you!

  • @a.tigerjr.6132
    @a.tigerjr.6132 6 лет назад

    So are we saying that the Planck constant was utilized because we simply don't have a perfect radiator to experiment with to prove the classic model?

  • @anthonyyee7481
    @anthonyyee7481 6 лет назад +1

    The incandescent light bulb is a Blackbody...how about the fluorescent light bulb is it also a Blackbidy ..if not then what is the reason? Tq !

    • @PhysicsHigh
      @PhysicsHigh  6 лет назад +1

      Fluorescent light is not a black body. The light is a result of electrons jumping energy levels (quantum effect)
      Whereas black body radiation is different.

  • @PrinceKumar-wx1sk
    @PrinceKumar-wx1sk 7 лет назад

    but I'd have loved if u would have explained the derivation of the formula Planck used to predic nature of the wave

  • @samanthapaul650
    @samanthapaul650 7 лет назад +2

    i didnt think Id be one of those people but this was posted on birthday lolol

  • @Hold_the_Front_777
    @Hold_the_Front_777 Год назад

    What if we want to understand the formula? Doesn't it kind of seem like an ad-hoc explanation to try to explain why our perception of physics didn't meet experimental observable predictions, so we basically had to reify the atom, and invoke quanta packets of energy to math it out.

  • @aaronweatherson4379
    @aaronweatherson4379 Год назад

    ...yep - sometimes recognizing reality is an act of desperation...

  • @Gr8VKS
    @Gr8VKS 7 лет назад +2

    Great explanation. Thanks :)

  • @MichaelVLang
    @MichaelVLang 7 лет назад

    This must have seemed very odd to Planck and others then...it is such a strange concept...I enjoyed your explanation, thank you!

  • @bipolatelly9806
    @bipolatelly9806 7 лет назад +2

    yes... we are electrical in nature.... (like EVERYTHING)

  • @sebastiendubois8326
    @sebastiendubois8326 3 года назад

    why the curve come down at ultraviolet ??

  • @debbiehariette6335
    @debbiehariette6335 7 лет назад +2

    Thank you :0)

  • @shaden8322
    @shaden8322 Год назад

    How did planck tho explain it using one law?

  • @VeronicaConcepcion-i2f
    @VeronicaConcepcion-i2f 2 года назад

    this helped me very much. i couldn't understand it in class that much but thanks to this i understood it!

  • @sauroman1
    @sauroman1 3 года назад

    Where to find that spectrum calculator?

  • @rieske2000
    @rieske2000 3 года назад

    Thanks a million. Crystal clear explanation.

  • @wlo23ex81
    @wlo23ex81 4 года назад

    At 6:41, it says that black bodies absorb radiation right? This has been boggling on my mind for a bit now, but what about a lightbulb filament that doesn't necessarily have to absorb electromagnetic radiation, and is counted for as a black body. The thing is, that it also reflects light, so how can this be a black body?

    • @PhysicsHigh
      @PhysicsHigh  4 года назад

      A filament MODELS a black body. But it isn’t perfect. About the closest thing to a black body is a star. A true black body does not reflect any light.

  • @vinitachaudhary472
    @vinitachaudhary472 3 года назад

    Can coal be an example of black body?

  • @goddess_ofchaos
    @goddess_ofchaos 3 года назад

    Me: searches the whole internet for an explanation about the formula Planck came up with
    Video: this is Planck's formula
    Me: FINALLY
    Video: but you don't have to understand it, it's not important!

    • @PhysicsHigh
      @PhysicsHigh  3 года назад +1

      Sorry. Made for high school physics and the formula is beyond that scope. Plan to do an addendum to elaborate

    • @shenzshorts3352
      @shenzshorts3352 3 года назад

      @@PhysicsHigh Sir plz could you explain the graph i can’t get it...9:11 why their prediction was wrong,why the graph is curved and not a straight line with increasing intensity and decreasing wavelength...why the intensity suddenly falls down....?
      I’ll be very thankful...

    • @goddess_ofchaos
      @goddess_ofchaos 3 года назад +1

      @@PhysicsHigh ah that's no problem I truly appreciate your work here! It would be nice if you have the time to explain the formula, I'll look forward to it. But of course the essential information is already in the video. Keep going!!

  • @Set_Get
    @Set_Get 4 года назад

    thank you for these videos. i wonder what interactive tool/software you used for displaying Wien's law. regards

    • @PhysicsHigh
      @PhysicsHigh  4 года назад

      You’re welcome. All the tools I use is listed on my website but I used a pHET animation as well for this video.

    • @Set_Get
      @Set_Get 4 года назад

      @@PhysicsHigh thanks Paul.

  • @sosscs
    @sosscs 6 лет назад

    What kind of function is that graph? it's so weird I cannot understand it. How come there's 2 points in the y axis? usually, when you pick a value from the x axis it give only one value from the y axis, but how come the y axis is giving 2 values?

  • @akshinbarathi8914
    @akshinbarathi8914 3 года назад

    sir is it like the number of photons become constant after the max inetsity like in photoelectric effect?

  • @leightonjulye
    @leightonjulye 7 лет назад

    very applicable to glowing sphere

  • @neillibertine3044
    @neillibertine3044 Год назад

    There is fraud in Planck's law. The average energy of cavity is constant, while they treated it as variable. The term in exponential hf, here f is constant, fundamental frequency. So average energy term is constant, then it as lame as Rayleigh-Jeans model which have average energy as constant, kT. There are other laguna where they multiply f in average energy term as constant as variable. Though this doesn't effect on shape but size, intensity increases. Also approach in quantum is more classical than classical, because here energy of particles is constant, in fermi-dirac and bose-einstein, while maxwell-boltzmann has different energy.

  • @earlspencer7863
    @earlspencer7863 4 года назад

    Why does the curve go down at high frequencies? Even if it's quantized it shouldn't prevent high frequency radiation from being created.

    • @danielpursey8471
      @danielpursey8471 3 года назад +1

      Exactly the question I keep asking but can't find a explanation.

    • @mathisdude9222
      @mathisdude9222 2 года назад +1

      @@danielpursey8471 My amateur understanding is that, as the energy required to emit electromagnetic radiation gets really high (like at the UV end of the spectrum), the probability of actually emitting such a high energy photon gets really low. There's plenty of energy, but the odds are just better that EMR with longer wavelengths gets emitted, and that's what happens.

    • @danielpursey8471
      @danielpursey8471 2 года назад

      @@mathisdude9222 Thank you

  • @miraklTutorial
    @miraklTutorial 4 года назад

    You know what, I had been calling Eistein a thief who took Planck's work to call it photoelectric effect. Now when Planck himself says "an act of desperation" i don't understand this, when he got every thing to explain the quantum nature of light. You know what my problem is that i unable to differentiate between Planck's quanta and Einstein photon.

    • @PhysicsHigh
      @PhysicsHigh  4 года назад

      Planck tweaked their maths to fit the data and was basically making a mathematical statement about energy being quantised. He did not understand the significance of it initially. It was Einstein who did.

  • @marshallodom1388
    @marshallodom1388 2 года назад

    Then why do we see blue stars?

    • @PhysicsHigh
      @PhysicsHigh  2 года назад

      This video should answer that question
      Is the sun green? Are colour and temperature related and how to work out a star's temperature.
      ruclips.net/video/egf2Io-7Bc0/видео.html

  • @visasaarinen6051
    @visasaarinen6051 4 года назад

    I must be stupid but I still don't understand the concept of quantization. If the Energy obeys the equations E=hf sure there is a Planck's Constant there but if one graphs energy as a function of frequency E(f) it's a smooth curve, a line with a slope of Planck's Constant to be exact. So how come people talk about stairs and steps? If the frequency distribution is continuous so is the energy distribution. What am I missing? a confused teacher asking for help.

    • @PhysicsHigh
      @PhysicsHigh  4 года назад +1

      You’re not stupid. Great question. Haven’t time now but will respond in the next few days.

    • @PhysicsHigh
      @PhysicsHigh  4 года назад +1

      We ned to clarify what quantisation means and what it doesn't mean. You are correct, the graph you state is smooth since it displays the energy of photoelectrons for a range of frequencies. So yes, that energy graph is continuous. But thats not what the quantisation is about.
      What Planck determined, that for any given frequency , the energy of a quanta of EMR is a whole number multiple of the frequency by Planck's constant. ie E = nhf. So the smallest amount of energy will be where n = 1 so E = hf.
      It was Einstein who was able to explain the PE effect by saying that only photoelectron can be released by one photon whose energy is E =hf.
      so if you get get a RANGE of frequencies then you will get a RANGE of energy
      Now this would suggest a continuous range of energies. But we now know that emission of EMR is a result of quantum effects ie electron transitions between energy levels, which results in very specific frequency emissions and thus discrete energy emissions
      Does that clarify?

    • @tietovisa585
      @tietovisa585 4 года назад

      @@PhysicsHigh Thank you for your explanation! I know it's been two months since you answered my question but back then I wasn't able to put into words my follow-up question. I hope I can do it now. Your explanation clarified most of the things I was unsure about but there is still one thing I need to ensure.
      When it comes to a black body radiation the radiation is temperature dependent. And that's why I made a conclusion the radiation is due to the thermal motion (vibration) of the atoms (because atoms consist of positive protons and negative electrons that emits EMF when in acceleration). But that radiation wouldn't be quantized because the atoms themselves could have arbitrary vibration speed/acceleration? So the previous conclusion must be wrong. Does it mean that even though the black body radiation happens due to the temperature of the object it's not because of the atoms vibrating in the substance itself and those vibrations cause the emission of EMF but because vibration energy results electron transitions between energy levels and those transitions are quantized and because EMF is a result of those transitions that's why the EMF radiation is quantized as well?
      I hope this wasn't too confusing. Thank you in advance!

  • @Curiousgeorge78398
    @Curiousgeorge78398 7 лет назад

    Excellent explanation thank you.

  • @kaihanstein52
    @kaihanstein52 4 года назад

    Sorry... but so many things dont seem to relate to each other. Like what kind of physics did not explain the measurements? Based on what physics "did the curve go up"? How does quantinisation lead to a comletly different curve?? How comes that Planks equation led to just point - not a curve? (And so on)

  • @harishkumar-yo4pj
    @harishkumar-yo4pj 7 лет назад

    sir you are greatt

  • @joshuazeidner8419
    @joshuazeidner8419 4 года назад

    heat is not equivalent to infra red

  • @gregorykarimian3813
    @gregorykarimian3813 2 года назад

    This really doesn’t explain why there is no emission of uv radiation. This just says that energy flow is quantized. Before plank people thought the more energy an atom absorbed the higher energy radiation it emitted. In other words continuous energy transfer. This couldn’t be true because then incandescent light bulb would emit x rays and cause cancer. Obviously this is not the case. Instead he purposed that energy transfer was quantized and not continuous. Just like that staircase analogy he gave or a running faucet calmed to a drip. But this doesn’t explain why there is no emission of ultraviolet, or x rays. There’s two parts to this catastrophe. Quantization of energy transfer is the first part. The second is production of ultraviolet, and X-rays. In order to make these electromagnetic waves you need to excite the electron even higher. Turns out the energy provided by the current for an incandescent bulb does not have the quantized amount of energy that can make this excitation possible. However, x ray machines do, and that is exactly how they work. A quantum amount of energy is used to excite the electron and when it comes back it releases and x ray which produces contrast.

  • @ashutoshsuman9473
    @ashutoshsuman9473 4 года назад

    Planck's Constan h = 6.626 × 10^-34 Js It's 10 raised to the power -34. And the analogy About Black Body was Awesome. It helped me better understand the concept about black Body. Thanks