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Yellow light with a wavelength of 590nm emits how much energy in joules?

 Oct 19, 2014

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The energy, E, in a single photon is given by  E = h*c/λ  where h is Planck's constant (6.6260693*10-34 J.s), c is the speed of light (299792458 m/s) and λ is the wavelength (590*10-9 m).

 

I'll leave you to plug in the numbers.

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 Oct 20, 2014
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The energy, E, in a single photon is given by  E = h*c/λ  where h is Planck's constant (6.6260693*10-34 J.s), c is the speed of light (299792458 m/s) and λ is the wavelength (590*10-9 m).

 

I'll leave you to plug in the numbers.

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Alan Oct 20, 2014

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