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<math>h_{acc} = 6.626\,068\,96(33) \times 10^{-34}~\mathrm{J}\cdot\mathrm{s} = 4.135\,667\,33(10) \times 10^{-15}~\mathrm{eV}\cdot\mathrm{s}</math>
<math>h_{acc} = 6.626\,068\,96(33) \times 10^{-34}~\mathrm{J}\cdot\mathrm{s} = 4.135\,667\,33(10) \times 10^{-15}~\mathrm{eV}\cdot\mathrm{s}</math>
We came up with many different value for Planck's constant. We obtained two from the first order maxima from the light source, each being a separate run through the colors:
<math>h^{1}_{first order} = (6.911 \pm .087) \cdot 10^{-34}~\mathrm{J}\cdot\mathrm{s} = </math>

Revision as of 17:21, 6 December 2008

Photoelectric Effect (Planck's Constant) Summary

Data & Results

The notebook entry for this lab is located here. We generated two Excel files for this lab as well: Planck.xlsx and First Order.xlsx.

We measured two different things in this lab related to the photoelectric effect, but only one of these has an accepted value - Planck's Constant. This value is

[math]\displaystyle{ h_{acc} = 6.626\,068\,96(33) \times 10^{-34}~\mathrm{J}\cdot\mathrm{s} = 4.135\,667\,33(10) \times 10^{-15}~\mathrm{eV}\cdot\mathrm{s} }[/math]

We came up with many different value for Planck's constant. We obtained two from the first order maxima from the light source, each being a separate run through the colors:

[math]\displaystyle{ h^{1}_{first order} = (6.911 \pm .087) \cdot 10^{-34}~\mathrm{J}\cdot\mathrm{s} = }[/math]