• Wavelength To Wavenumber Converter

This is a converter for units of electromagnetic waves (light, radio waves.).

Wave number, a unit of in atomic, molecular, and nuclear spectroscopy equal to the true frequency divided by the and thus equal to the number of waves in a unit distance. The frequency, symbolized by the Greek letter nu ( ν), of any equals the speed of light, c, divided by the λ: thus ν = c/ λ. A typical in the visible region of the spectrum has a wavelength of 5.8 × 10 -5 cm; this wavelength corresponds to a frequency ( ν) of 5.17 × 10 1 4 Hz (hertz equals one cycle per second) obtained from the equation. Because this frequency and others like it are so extremely large, it is convenient to divide the number by the speed of light and hence reduce its size. Frequency divided by the speed of light is ν/ c, which from the above equation is 1/ λ. When wavelength is measured in metres, 1/ λ represents the number of waves of the wave train to be found in a length of one metre or, if measured in centimetres, the number in one centimetre.

Wavelength To Wavenumber Converter

This number is called the wave number of the spectrum line. Wave numbers are usually measured in units of metres (1/m, or m -1) and reciprocal centimetres (1/cm, or cm -1).