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