Sentence examples for quantum of energy from inspiring English sources

If the radiant energy is less than the quantum of energy, the amount of light in that frequency range will be reduced.

Quantum emission is possible when an electron, after traversing an inelastic scattering length, emits a quantum of energy.

Cell metabolism depends on energy derived from high-energy phosphates such as adenosine triphosphate (ATP), whose third phosphate bond can release a quantum of energy to fuel many cell processes, such as the contraction of muscle fibre proteins or the synthesis of protein molecules.

The nonfissile uranium-238 can be converted to fissile plutonium-239 by the following nuclear reactions: In this equation, uranium-238, through the absorption of a neutron (n) and the emission of a quantum of energy known as a gamma ray, becomes the isotope uranium-239 (the higher mass number reflecting the presence of one more neutron in the nucleus).

The uranium-238 isotope reacts with a neutron (symbolized n, with its mass number 1 at upper left and its neutral electrical charge shown as 0 at lower left) to produce uranium-239 (23992U) and the quantum of energy called a gamma ray.

Fuel requirement for the initial core is 4673 kg of reactor grade (RG) Pu for a cycle length of two years at 1875 MWt as against the 2200 kg needed for each fuel cycle of equilibrium core for same quantum of energy.

What this means is that light is composed of wave packets, each packet consisting of definite quanta of energy.

Planck had theorized that electromagnetic radiation, such as light, occurs in discrete bundles, or "quanta," of energy now known as photons.

When Planck interpreted this law in terms of Rayleigh's statistical concepts, he concluded that radiation of frequency ν exists only in quanta of energy.

Bohr postulated that electrons circled the nucleus in orbits of fixed size and energy and that an electron could jump from one orbit to another only by emitting or absorbing specific quanta of energy.

The "quanta" of energy (ie, photons) carried by radio waves in, say, the UHF band used by television, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, cordless phones, mobile phones, microwave ovens, garage remotes and many other household devices have energy levels of a few millionths of an electron-volt.