How Many Photons Does a CO2 Laser Emit to Vaporize Flesh in Surgery?

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The discussion revolves around calculating the number of photons emitted by a CO2 laser to vaporize flesh during surgery. The laser emits infrared radiation at a wavelength of 10.6 micrometers, and it raises the temperature of 1 cubic centimeter of flesh to 100°C in 1 millisecond. Participants are encouraged to use the equation E = nhf, where E is the energy required for vaporization, n is the number of photons, h is Planck's constant, and f is the frequency derived from the laser's wavelength. A calculation provided suggests that the frequency of the laser light is approximately 2.83 × 10^13 Hz. The thread seeks assistance in understanding these concepts and calculations related to the energy output of the laser.
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please help me in solving this numerical!

a Carbondioxide laser used in surgery gives out 10.6micro meters of infrared radiation. in 1.00ms it raises the temperature of 1 cubic centimeter of flesh to 100C and evaporate it. Assume that the flesh has the same heat of vaporization as water.

a) how many photons are required?
b) what is the power outpur of the pulse of energy?

please help me as soon as possible as i really want to understand this chapter.

Thanks in advance!
 
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E = nhf

E is energy
n is number of photons
h is Planck's constant
f is frequency

the energy delivered by the infrared radiation (the equation is the above one) will equal the energy required to vaporize the flesh, which you can determine yourself, right?
 
google says:
(2.99800 * (10^8)) / (10.68*(10^-6)) = 2.83 × 10^13.
you might recognise lightspeed somewhere in this equation just like you might just find the wavelength of the light from the laser...
 
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