Planck’s constant: References & Edit History

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Article History

Type Description Contributor Date
Add new Web site: Chemistry LibreTexts - Measurement of Planck's Constant (Experiment). Sep 23, 2026
Add new Web site: OpenStax - Physics - Planck and Quantum Nature of Light. Oct 02, 2025
Add new Web site: OpenStax - Physics - Planck and Quantum Nature of Light. Oct 02, 2025
Add new Web site: CORE - Determination of Planck’s Constant using Light Emitting Diodes (PDF). Aug 08, 2025
Add new Web site: Space.com - 'Stranger Things' Science: What If You Needed to Know Planck's Constant to Save the World? May 13, 2025
Questions and answers added. Mar 21, 2025
Add new Web site: CiteSeerX - Hierarchy of Planck Constants and Dark Matter Hierarchy (PDF). Feb 12, 2025
Add new Web site: Harvard University - Harvard Natural Sciences Lecture Demonstrations - Planck's Constant Determination. Dec 21, 2024
Add new Web site: IOPscience - Journal of Physics: Conference Series - Determination of Planck�s Constant Using the Photoelectric Effect Experiment. Oct 24, 2024
Add new Web site: San Jos� State University - The magnitude of Planck's Constant and its significance. Jun 20, 2024
Add new Web site: Lancaster University - Planck's Constant. Mar 29, 2024
Add new Web site: National Institute of Standards and Technology - The Planck Constant. Dec 05, 2023
Add new Web site: Chemistry Libretexts - Planck's Quantum Theory. Jun 23, 2023
Removed media. Aug 17, 2021
Media added. Jun 01, 2021
Article revised and updated. Dec 12, 2019
Corrected display issue. Sep 21, 2018
Add new Web site: Public Broadcasting Corporation - NOVA - Planck's Constant: The Number That Rules Technology, Reality, and Life. Apr 25, 2016
Add new Web site: Kansas State University - Measurement of Planck�s constant through Black Body Radiation Analysis. Apr 25, 2016
Add new Web site: Wolfram Research - Eric Weisstein's World of Physics - Planck's Constant. Apr 25, 2016
Add new Web site: Swinburn University of Technology - Planck's Constant. Apr 25, 2016
Updated the value of Planck's constant and its uncertainty. Mar 11, 2016
Added video about Planck's constant. Mar 11, 2016
Add new Web site: Massachusetts Institute of Technology - Determination of Planck�s Constant Using the Photoelectri c Effect. Sep 17, 2015
Add new Web site: S�o Carlos Institute of Physics - Experimental Determination of Planck's Constant. Sep 17, 2015
Added video. Dec 05, 2014
Material about h-bar expanded. Sep 25, 2012
Value of Planck's constant updated from "6.62606896 × 10^−34 joule∙second" to "6.62606957 × 10^−34 joule∙second." Sep 07, 2011
Changed value of Planck's constant from 6.6260693 x 10^-34 to 6.62606896 x 10^-34 and uncertainty from 0.0000011 x 10^-34 to 0.00000033 x 10^-34. Aug 11, 2010
Added new Web site: University of Oregon - Planck's Constant. May 13, 2008
Added new Web site: Swinburne University in Melbourne Australia - Planck's Constant. May 13, 2008
Added new Web site: University of Colorado at Boulder - Planck Constant and the number PI. May 13, 2008
Added new Web site: Physics, Spaceflight and the Earth's Magnetism - Planck's constant. May 13, 2008
Added new Web site: Harvard University - Planck's Constant. May 13, 2008
Added new Web site: WritWord - Planck's Constant. May 13, 2008
Article revised and updated. May 18, 2006
Article revised. Jan 11, 1999
Article added to new online database. Jul 20, 1998
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