Quanta
- A quantum (quanta is the plural) is the smallest possible unit of something, usually energy.
- It is considered to be the discrete packets with the energy stored in them.
- It refers to the minimum amount of energy required for a change or the minimum value of any physical property in an interaction
- In Max Plank's discovery of quanta, it is given as energy with an equation of E=hv
- In the photoelectric effect, Albert Einstein postulated that light was emitted and absorbed as localized packets or quanta (now called photons)
- For example, you can't have an infinitely small amount of light. You can have, at the very minimum, one quantum of light.
Quanta
- A quantum (quanta is the plural) is the smallest possible unit of something, usually energy.
- It is considered to be the discrete packets with the energy stored in them.
- It refers to the minimum amount of energy required for a change or the minimum value of any physical property in an interaction
- In Max Plank's discovery of quanta, it is given as energy with an equation of E=hv
- In the photoelectric effect, Albert Einstein postulated that light was emitted and absorbed as localized packets or quanta (now called photons)
- For example, you can't have an infinitely small amount of light. You can have, at the very minimum, one quantum of light.
