Find the energy of the following. Express your answers in units of electron volts, noting that 1 eV = 1.60 10-19 J. (a) a photon having a frequency of 3.20 1017 Hz (b) a photon having a wavelength of 4.60 102 nm
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63 x 10^-34 J.s) and f is the frequency of the photon. So, E = (6.63 x 10^-34 J.s) x (3.20 x 10^17 Hz) = 2.1216 x 10^-16 J To convert this to electron volts (eV), we divide by the charge of an electron (1.60 x 10^-19 J/eV): E = (2.1216 x 10^-16 J) / (1.60 x Show more…
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