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24.3 Exercise 32

Avg difficulty 2.5

(a) What is the frequency of the 193-nm ultraviolet radiation used in laser eye surgery? (b) Assuming the accuracy with which this EM radiation can ablate the cornea is directly proportional to wavelength, how much more accurate can this UV be than the shortest visible wavelength of light?

OpenStax College Physics 2e, 24.3 The Electromagnetic Spectrum, exercise 32

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