Chemistry: Atoms First (2nd Edition)

Published by Cengage Learning
ISBN 10: 1305079248
ISBN 13: 978-1-30507-924-3

Chapter 2 - Additional Exercises - Page 99h: 148

Answer

Frequency: $4.55\times 10^{14}\text{ Hz}$ (red light)

Work Step by Step

We calculate the frequency $f$ using the formula: $f=\frac{c}{\lambda}$ where $c=3.00\times 10^8\text{ m/s}$ $\lambda=660\text{ nm}=6.60\times 10^{-7}\text{ m}$ $f=\frac{3.00\times 10^8}{6.60\times 10^{-7}}=4.55\times 10^{14}\text{ Hz}$ This corresponds to red light, which is commonly used in photosynthesis to drive energy conversion in chlorophyll.
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