APPENDIX D – ENERGY CONVERSION CHART

ENERGY IN ELECTRON VOLTS

10-4 10-3 10-2 10-1 1 10 102

1000 500 200 100 50 20 10 5 2

+
(a) CORRESPONDING WAVELENGTH FOR FREE ELECTRON WAVE (ANGSTROMS)

+ 106 5x106 107 5x107 108 5x108

+
(b) ELECTRON VELOCITY FOR mv2 / 2 = ε (CENTIMETERS PER SECOND)

10-15 10-14 10-13 10-12 10-11 10-10

+
(c) ENERGY, ε , IN ERGS

10 102 103 104 105 106

+
(d) TEMPERATURE FOR kT = ε (DEGREES KELVIN)

10-1 10-2 10-3 10-4 10-5

+
(e) LENGTH OF ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES FOR hc / λ = ε (CENTIMETERS)

1011 1012 1013 1014 1015 1016

+
(f) FREQUENCY OF ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES FOR hν = ε (CYCLES PER SECOND)

104 105 106 107 108 109

+
(g) MAGNETIC FIELD FOR ehH / 2πmc = ε (GAUSSES)

10-4 10-3 10-2 10-1 1 10 102

ENERGY IN ELECTRON VOLTS
 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.8 1.0

40 30 (for 0.1 to 1.0 eV) 20 15

+
(a) WAVLENGTH FOR FREE ELECTRON WAVE (ANGSTROMS)

10 9 8 7 6 5 4
+
(for 1.0 to 10 eV)

2x107 (for 0.1 to 1.0 eV) 3x107 4x107 5x107 6x107

+
(b) ELECTRON VELOCITY (CENTIMETERS PER SECOND)

+ 6x107 7 8x107 9 108 1.5x108 2x108

(for 1.0 to 10 eV)

2x10-13 3 4 5x10-13 6 7 8 10-12 2

+
(c) ENERGY, ε , IN ERGS

103 2x103 3 4 5x103 6 7 8 104

+
(d) TEMPERATURE FOR kT = ε (DEGREES KELVIN)

10-3 8 7 6 5x10-4 4 3 2x10-4 10-4

+
(e) LENGTH OF ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES FOR hc / λ = ε (CENTIMETERS)

2x1013 3 4 5x1013 6 7 8 1014 2x1014 3

+
(f) FREQUENCY FOR hν = ε (CYCLES PER SECOND)

8 107 2x107 3 4 5x107 6 7 8 108

+
(g) MAGNETIC FIELD FOR ehH / 2 π mc = ε (GAUSSES)

0.1 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.8 1.0

ENERGY IN ELECTRON VOLTS