Given the Following Information

question 15

Multiple Choice

Given the following information:
Planck's constant = 6.626x10^-34 J s
1 nm = 10^-9m
Speed of light = 3x10⁸m/s
100 cm per meter
Calculate the wavenumber (cm^-1) of energy in the IR range with a frequency of 1.54x10¹²s^-1

• A) 3.6x10^-3
• B) 51
• C) 1.9x10^-2
• D) 1.9x10^-4
• E) none of the above

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