Photons of wavelength are just able to ionize an electron that has been excited to an…

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Problem

Photons of wavelength 310 nm310\,\text{nm} are just able to ionize an electron that has been excited to an energy level 2.5 eV2.5\,\text{eV} above the ground state in an unknown element. Determine the binding energy of the ground-state electron in electron-volts.

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