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a)Suppose a hydrogen molecule in its ground state is dissociated by absorbing a photon of ultraviolet light, causing the two hydrogen atoms to fly apart. What photon energy will give each atom a speed of 19 km/s? The mass of a hydrogen atom is 1.7×10^−27 kg
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