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A dental x-ray source has minimum wavelength 0.031 nm. What's the potential difference in the x-ray tube?
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We also know that the frequency of a photon is related to its wavelength by the equation: \[f = \frac{c}{\lambda}\] where \(c\) is the speed of light and \(\lambda\) is the wavelength of the photon. Show more…
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