Term Information

Accession
CHEBI:30212
Name
photon
Ontology
Synonyms
photon, Lichtquant, Light, foton, gamma, hnu, light quantum
Alternate IDs
None
Definition
Particle of zero charge, zero rest mass, spin quantum number 1, energy hnu and momentum hnu/c (h is the Planck constant, nu the frequency of radiation and c the speed of light), carrier of electromagnetic force. [source: unknown]
Comment
None
Subset
None
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Parents of photon (CHEBI:30212)
subject[Reorder by subject] relation[Reorder by relation] object[Reorder by object]
photon [is_a relation] is_a  boson (CHEBI:36341)

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