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1. Calculate the energy of an ultraviolet photon of light whose wavelength is 122 nm. Express your
answer in Joules.
First find the freq:
2. The color of dyes results from the preferential absorption of certain wavelengths of light. For
certain dyes, such as the cyanine dye of which a portion is illustrated below, we can determine
the absorption wavelengths by using a simple particle in a box model. The dye molecules consist
of symmetric pairs of rings joined at the center by a chain of carbon atoms. Electrons of the
bonds along the chain of carbon atoms are shared among the atoms in the chain, but are
repelled by the nitrogen-containing rings at the end of the chain. These electrons are thus free
to move along the chain but not beyond its ends. They look very much like a particle in a one-
dimensional box. For the molecule below, the effective length of the “box” is 0.85 nm. What are
the energies of the first five states?
L box length
n E (J) E (eV)
Attend 8 1 8.34797E-20 0.521748
2 3.33919E-19 2.086992
3 7.51317E-19 4.695733