At 6:46 PM 11/18/4, Jones Beene wrote: >HH: > >>1 eV/hc = 806.6 mm-1 > >> The above is neither a wavelength nor a frequency, >> and appears to be an accidental inversion. > >Well, 806.6 per millimeter or .806 micron is a >wavelength, but thanks for pointing out that it is the >wrong wavelength. I thought it looked suspicious this >morning ....
The quantity 806.6 per millimeter is not 0.806 micron. It is not a length at all. It is a linear density of 806.6 non-dimensional units per mm. You are having what I call a temporary "brain check." Don't worry about it - I have them all the time and still survive as yet. 8^) The term "brain check" I think it comes from the good old days when the "CPU CHECK" light coming on sometimes meant very bad things for a computer. Maybe yours is due to the effects of Frank Grimer's tinkering with dimensional analysis. 8^) Regards, Horace Heffner
