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Chapter 5 Sec. 1: Wavelength,
Answer each of the questions
Frequency, and Energy Problems
below. YOU MUST SHOW YOUR WORK TO GET THE POINTS! Don't
forget your units. You may find the electromagnetic
Electromagnetic
radiation
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spectrum
Radiation Spectrum
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PERIOD
10-S
below helpful.
Good luck!
Quantum (Photon) Energy (eV)
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of 3.33 x 10-8 m? What
radiation is this?
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radiation with a wavelength
What is the wavelength
of electromagnetic
kind of electromagnetic
radiation is this?
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What is the energy of a photon of red light that has a frequency of 4.48 x 1014 Hz?
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4. A photon has an energy of 2.93 x 10-25 J. What is its frequency? What type of electromagnetic
radiation is the photon?
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electromagnetic
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What is the energy of an ultraviolet
7.
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between
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of 1.18 x 10-8 m?
photon that has a wavelength
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If your favorite
FM radio station
of 104.5 MHz, what is the wavelength
of the station's
signal in meters? What is the energy of a photon of the station's
electromagnetic
signal?
9.
The argon fluoride
radiation
(ArF) laser used in some refractive
of 193.3 nm wavelength.
energy of a single quantum
What is the frequency
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(N ,5X/O-'i;n)
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10. One line in hydrogen's
frequency?
of the ArF laser's radiation?
What is the
of the radiation?
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emission
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has a wavelength
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i.o: X /0 J5 :rof 486 nm. What is this line's
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