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Week 3 L1
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PHOTOCHEMISTRY
PRESENTED BY
Dr Shaista Taimur
DEPARTMENT OF CHEMISTRY
Fatima Jinnah Women University
Rawalpindi
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E=hv
• The energy absorbed by one mole of the reacting molecules will then be given by
𝑵𝒉𝒄
E=Nh v =
λ
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Einstein and its numerical value
•The energy possessed by one mole of photons (or the energy absorbed by one mole of
•the reacting molecules) is called one Einstein.
Numerical value of Einstein in different units
(a) In SI units, N = 6.022 x 1023 mol-1 , h = 6.626x10-34 Js and c=3.0x108 m/sec
(a) In CGS units, N=6.022 x 1023 mol-1, h=6.626 x 10-27 erg sec and c=3.0x1010cm/sec.
• The quantum yield is a measure of how efficiently the absorbed photons are utilized.
φ=1
φ<1
φ>1
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PHOTOCHEMICAL
PROCESS
FORMULA:
𝑛𝑅 . 𝑁𝐴 ℎ𝑐
𝜑=
𝐸𝑇 𝜆
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NUMERICAL:
Absorption of UV radiation decomposes acetone as
follows
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