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Photon Energy: Gamma Rays Are Photons with Very High Energy

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Photon energy: Gamma rays are photons with very high energy. How many visible-light photons with a wavelength of 500 nm would you need to match the energy of a gamma-ray photon with energy Photon energy: Gamma rays are photons with very high energy. How many visible-light photons with a wavelength of 500 nm would you need to match the energy of a gamma-ray photon with energy (h = 6.626 × 10<sup>-34</sup> J ∙ s, c = 3.00 × 10<sup>8</sup> m/s) A) 1.0 × 10<sup>6</sup> B) 1.4 × 10<sup>8</sup> C) 6.2 × 10<sup>9</sup> D) 3.9 × 10<sup>3</sup> (h = 6.626 × 10-34 J ∙ s, c = 3.00 × 108 m/s)


A) 1.0 × 106
B) 1.4 × 108
C) 6.2 × 109
D) 3.9 × 103

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