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McMaster_Girl
Oct22-06, 03:04 PM
What is the energy carried by a mole of photons of wavelength 522nm which is associated with green light?

Repetit
Oct22-06, 03:21 PM
Find the energy carried by one photon and multiply by Avogadro's number.

In terms of frequency the energy carried by a photon is:


E=h \nu


Where h is Planck's constant and \nu is the frequency. So you have to express the frequency through the wavelength.