Fundamentals of Physics Extended (10th Edition)

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ISBN 10: 1-11823-072-8
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Chapter 38 - Photons and Matter Waves - Problems - Page 1184: 54d

Answer

$6.215$ $keV$

Work Step by Step

From the previous section of this problem, we have calculated the momentum of the photon: $p=3.315\times 10^{-24}$ $kg.m/s$ Now, the energy of a photon can be written as $E=pc$, where $c$ is the speed of light in free space. Thus, the energy of the photon is given by $E=3.315\times 10^{-24}\times 3\times 10^{8}$ $J$ or, $E=\frac{3.315\times 10^{-24}\times 3\times 10^{8}}{1.6\times 10^{-19}}$ $eV$ or, $E\approx 6215$ $eV$ or, $E=6.215$ $keV$
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