Q.
The wavelength of light in the visible region is about 390nm for violet colour and about 760nm for red colour. The energy of photon in eV at violet end is
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Solution:
Energy of the incident photon, E=hυ=λhc
For violet light, λ=390nm ∴ Incident photon energy, E=390×10−96.63×10−34×3×108J =5.1×10−19J=1.6×10−195.1×10−19eV =3.19eV