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The energy to ionize a certain element is 700 kJ/mol. What wavelength contains enough energy in a single photon to ionize one atom of this element?
1mol have 6.02x1023particules so 700x103J/mol x 1mol / 6.02x1023particules = 1.16x10-18J/particule
E = where h is planck = 6.62x10-34Jxs and c is speed of light 3x108m/s
= 6.62x10-34J s x 3x108m/s / 1.16x10-18J = 171.20x10-9m or 171.20nm