Calculate the energy separations in joules, kilojoules per mole, and electronvolts, and as a wavenumber, between the levels (a) n = 3 and n = 1, (b) n = 7 and n = 6 of an electron in a one-dimensional nanoparticle modelled by a box of length 1.5 nm.

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Calculate the energy separations in joules, kilojoules per mole, and electronvolts, and as a wavenumber, between the levels (a) n = 3 and n = 1, (b) n = 7 and n = 6 of an electron in a one-dimensional nanoparticle modelled by a box of length 1.5 nm.

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