A photon with a wavelength of 2.29 × 10^–7 meter strikes a mercury atom in the ground state. Determine the energy, in electronvolts, of this photon.

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A photon with a wavelength of 2.29 × 10^–7 meter strikes a mercury atom in the ground state.

Determine the energy, in electronvolts, of this photon.

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energy, in electron volts, of this photon will be 5.43 eV

Nick Gorham answered May 11, 2017

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