Physics Technology Update (4th Edition)

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ISBN 10: 0-32190-308-0
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Chapter 30 - Quantum Physics - Problems and Conceptual Exercises - Page 1076: 89

Answer

$1.2\times 10^{19}~photons$

Work Step by Step

We can find the required number of photons as follows: $E=mc_{water}\Delta T$ We plug in the known values to obtain: $E=(1.0\times 10^{-3}Kg)(4190J/Kg.C^{\circ})(1.0C^{\circ})$ $E=4.19J$ Now $n=\frac{E\lambda}{hc}$ We plug in the known values to obtain: $n=\frac{(4.19J)(550\times 10^{-9}m)}{(6.63\times 10^{-34}J.s)(3.0\times 10^8m/s)}$ $n=1.2\times 10^{19}~photons$
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