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A photon has a wavelength of \( 250 \, \text{nm} \). What is its energy in joules? (Take \( h = 6.63
\times 10^{-34} \, \text{J s} \), \( c = 3 \times 10^8 \, \text{m/s} \))

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**Photon power** light source emits 1.0×10¹⁶ photons/s power 4.0 mW, energy per photon E= P/N =4×10⁻³/10¹⁶=4×10⁻¹⁹ J, wavelength λ= h c/E=6.63×10⁻³⁴×3×10⁸/4×10⁻¹⁹=497 nm, for 6×10¹⁵ photons/s 3.0 mW E=5×10⁻¹⁹ J, for beam 2.5×10¹⁵ photons/s 4×10⁻¹⁹ J each power=10⁻³ W=1 mW, illustrating P = N h f. E = (h c/λ) = (6.63 × 10⁻³⁴ × 3 × 10⁸/250 × 10⁻⁹) = 7.974 × 10⁻¹⁹ J . Applying E = h f = h c/λ, p = h/λ, K_max = h f - Φ, Φ = h f₀ = h c/λ₀, λ = h/√(2 m e V) and f_max = e V/h, result 7.974 × 10⁻¹⁹ J

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