Tuesday 2 July 2013

Yellow light emitted from a sodium lamp has a wavelength (λ) of 580 nm. Calculate the frequency (ν) and wave number of yellow light

Question 2.5: Yellow light emitted from a sodium lamp has a wavelength (λ) of 580 nm. Calculate the frequency (ν) and wave number of yellow light 
Answer
From the expression,

We get,
v = c/λ                                    …….. (i)
Where,
ν = frequency of yellow light
c = velocity of light in vacuum = 3 × 108 m/s
λ = wavelength of yellow light = 580 nm = 580 × 10-9 m Substituting the values in expression (i):

Thus, frequency of yellow light emitted from the sodium lamp = 5.17 × 1014 s-1


Wave number of yellow light,



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