Chemistry In Focus
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Author: Tro, Nivaldo J., Neu, Don.
Publisher: Cengage Learning
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Chapter 7, Problem 31E
Interpretation Introduction

Interpretation:

The type of light that damages the biological molecules is to be identified and the reason behind this is to be defined.

Concept Introduction:

The distance between two consecutive crests of a wave is called wavelength.

The group of ions or atoms that are present in a living organism is called a biological molecule.

A small packet of energy associated with light (electromagnetic radiation) is called photon.

The relation between energy of a photon and wavelength is as follows:

Εphoton1λ

Here, Εphoton is the photon energy and λ is the wavelength of light.

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