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Textbook Solutions for Physics: Principles with Applications

Chapter 28 Problem 37

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*37. (II) A laser used to weld detached retinas puts out 28-ms-long pulses of 640-nm light which average 0.68-W output during a pulse. How much energy can be deposited per pulse and how many photons does each pulse contain? [Hint: see Example 27-5.]

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From the textbook chapter Quantum Mechanics of Atoms you will find a few key concepts needed to solve this.

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Title Physics: Principles with Applications 6 
Author Douglas C. Giancoli
ISBN 9780321569837

*37. (II) A laser used to weld detached retinas puts out

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