Irvington High School • AP Chemistry

Because the speed of light is given in meters per second, it is convenient to first convert wavelength to units of meters. Recall that 1 nm 1 ( 10(9 m (see Table 1.3 of the text). We write: Substituting in the wavelength and the speed of light (3.00 ( 108 m/s), the frequency is: Check: ................
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