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Chapter 22, Problem 51QAP
To determine
(a)
Whatrange of wavelengths (in nanometers) could cause DNA breaks if a recent study found that electrons having energies between 3.0 and 20 eV can cause breaks in aDNA molecule even though they do not ionize the molecule, the energy were to come from light?
To determine
(b)
In what part of the electromagneticspectrum does the light lie?
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