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JEE Advanced 1985 · Units and Measurements

Planck's constant has dimension ‾\underline{\hspace{2.5cm}},

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Step 1: Identify the relation for Planck's constant.

Planck's constant hh relates the energy of a photon EE to its frequency ν\nu.

E=hνE = h\nu

Rearranging the formula gives the dimension of hh in terms of energy and frequency.

[h]=[E][ν][h] = \frac{[E]}{[\nu]}

Step 2: Determine the dimensions of energy.

Energy has the same dimensions as work, which is force multiplied by distance.

[E]=[F⋅d][E] = [F \cdot d] [E]=[MLT−2]⋅[L][E] = [MLT^{-2}] \cdot [L] [E]=[ML2T−2][E] = [ML^{2}T^{-2}]

Step 3: Determine the dimensions of frequency.

Frequency is the reciprocal of the time period.

[ν]=[T−1][\nu] = [T^{-1}]

Step 4: Calculate the dimension of Planck's constant.

Substitute the dimensions of energy and frequency back into the rearranged formula.

[h]=[ML2T−2][T−1][h] = \frac{[ML^{2}T^{-2}]}{[T^{-1}]} [h]=[ML2T−1][h] = [ML^{2}T^{-1}]

Step 5: Verify using the de Broglie relation.

We can cross-check this result using the de Broglie wavelength equation, where pp is momentum and λ\lambda is wavelength.

λ=hp\lambda = \frac{h}{p} [h]=[p][λ][h] = [p][\lambda] [h]=[MLT−1][L][h] = [MLT^{-1}][L] [h]=[ML2T−1][h] = [ML^{2}T^{-1}]

Both methods yield the same dimensional formula.

Answer: [ML2T−1][ML^{2}T^{-1}]

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