Physics Technology Update (4th Edition)

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Chapter 25 - Electromagnetic Waves - Problems and Conceptual Exercises - Page 901: 33

Answer

(a) $9.38\times 10^{14}Hz$ to $1.07\times 10^{15}Hz$. (b) $UV-A$

Work Step by Step

(a) We know that $f=\frac{c}{\lambda}$ $\implies f_1=\frac{3\times 10^8m/s}{400\times 10^{-9}m}=7.50\times 10^{14}Hz$ $f_2=\frac{3\times 10^8m/s}{320\times 10^{-9}m}=9.38\times 10^{14}Hz$ The frequency range of UV-B is: $f_3=\frac{c}{\lambda}$ $f_3=\frac{3\times 10^8m/s}{280\times 10^{-9}m}=1.07\times 10^{15}Hz$ The frequency range of UV-c is given as $f_4=\frac{c}{\lambda}$ We plug in the known values to obtain: $f_4=\frac{3\times 10^8m/s}{100\times 10^{-9}m}=3.00\times 10^{15}Hz$ Thus, the range of frequencies for UV-B radiation is $9.38\times 10^{14}Hz$ to $1.07\times 10^{15}Hz$. (b) As given that the frequency is $f=7.9\times 10^{14}Hz$. We know that this frequency is observed in the range of category $UV-A$ and it ranges from $7.50\times 10^{14}Hz$ to $9.38\times 10^{14}Hz$.
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