Sodium Light Photon Emission Rate · CAP 2012 #4

Physics · modern-physics

Problem

Assume that sodium produces monochromatic light with a wavelength of 5.89×10−75.89 \times 10^{-7} m. At what approximate rate would a 10 watt sodium-vapour light be emitting photons? Assume that the efficiency of the light bulb is about 30%. a) 8.9×10188.9 \times 10^{18} photons/sec. b) 3.0×10193.0 \times 10^{19} photons/sec. c) 9.9×10199.9 \times 10^{19} photons/sec. d) 2.0×10202.0 \times 10^{20} photons/sec.

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