What is the longest wavelength of radiation with enough energy to break carbon-carbon bonds? and PJ Bond @ Fest 11 10.27.12-23

What is the longest wavelength of radiation with enough energy to break carbon-carbon bonds?

A carbon-carbon bond requires 348 kJ/mol to break.


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Answer by Schmedley
(348 kJ/mol) (1000 J/kJ) / (6.02x10^23 /mol) = 5.78x10^-19 J is the energy needed to break a single C-C bond.
E = hc/λ; so λ = hc/E;
E = (6.63x10^-34 J-s) (3.00x10^8 m/s) / (5.78x10^-19 J)
E = 3.44x10^-7 m, or 344 nm (in the ultraviolet region, close to Xrays).

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