How do you calculate the number of photons having a wavelength of 10.0 micrometers required to produce 1.0 kilojoules of energy

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Keyon Macias

31 July, 10:37

How do you calculate the number of photons having a wavelength of 10.0 micrometers required to produce 1.0 kilojoules of energy

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Donte · Answer 1

To calculate this,

We know that energy is 1 photon

E = hc/wavelenth

wavelength of 10.0 m

Solution:

h = 6.626 x 10^-34 Jsec

C = 2.9979 x 10^8 m/sec

E = 6.626 10^-34 * 2.9979 10^8 / 10 = 1.9864 10^-26J

Then, the number of photons is computed by:

n = 1000 / 1.9864 10^-26 = 5.04 10^28 photons