He came up with this breakthrough equation in his theory, and that is E= nhv.
In this case n is simply a positive integer.
It can be 1, 2, 3, 4, or 5. But n
is restricted only to integer values. There are only certain
values that are allowed. We don't have any fractional values
allowed in this theory. H is now called Planck's constant and
it has a value of 6.626 X 10-34 J*s. And again,
new is the frequency.
The frequency is in units of reciprocal seconds.
So, the energy then, if the frequency is
1/s and Planck's constant is in Joules per second.
So seconds are going to cancel and that gives
us our energy in Joules, for the light.
Remember N is just an integer.
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So light, according to Planck, exhibits quantization.
Discrete amounts of energy are allowed in this equation but those discrete
amounts can only be those that arrive by having energy values of n.