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Title: If each mercury atom in the lamp were to emit a single photon of wavelength 254 nm, how many joules of energy?
Post by: imagined on Nov 12, 2012
A modern compact fluorescent lamp contains 1.4 mg of mercury. If each mercury atom in the lamp were to emit a single photon of wavelength 254 nm, how many joules of energy would be emitted


I got 3.3 x 10^3 J is this right?


Title: If each mercury atom in the lamp were to emit a single photon of wavelength 254 nm, how many joules of energy?
Post by: julievbilt on Nov 12, 2012
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