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CHEBI:30212 - photon

ChEBI IDCHEBI:30212
ChEBI Namephoton
Stars
DefinitionParticle of zero charge, zero rest mass, spin quantum number 1, energy hν and momentum hν/c (h is the Planck constant, ν the frequency of radiation and c the speed of light), carrier of electromagnetic force.
Secondary ChEBI IDsCHEBI:10581, CHEBI:14383
Last Modified12 October 2018
SubmitterKirill Degtyarenko
DownloadsMolfile
Formula
Net Charge0
Average Mass0.000
Monoisotopic Mass0.00000
ChEBI Ontology
Outgoing Relation(s)
photon (CHEBI:30212) is a boson (CHEBI:36341)
IUPAC Name 
photon
Synonyms  Source
LightKEGG COMPOUND
γIUPAC
hνIUPAC
fotónChEBI
light quantumChEBI
LichtquantChEBI
UniProt Name  Source
hνUniProt
Manual XrefsDatabases
C00205KEGG COMPOUND