Fundamentals of Physics Extended (10th Edition)

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Chapter 38 - Photons and Matter Waves - Problems - Page 1182: 11b

Answer

Photons are emitted by the infrared lamp at a rate of $~~1.4\times 10^{21}~photons/s$

Work Step by Step

We can find the photon energy of a $700~nm$ photon: $E = \frac{hc}{\lambda}$ $E = \frac{(6.63\times 10^{-34}~J\cdot s)(3.0\times 10^8~m/s)}{700\times 10^{-9}~m}$ $E = 2.84\times 10^{-19}~J$ We can find the rate at which photons are emitted: $\frac{400~W}{2.84\times 10^{-19}~J/photon} = 1.4\times 10^{21}~photons/s$ Photons are emitted by the infrared lamp at a rate of $~~1.4\times 10^{21}~photons/s$
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