Dental radiography commonly uses X-rays whose wavelength is approximately .

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Dental radiography commonly uses X-rays whose wavelength is approximately 0.10 nm0.10\,\text{nm}. (i) Calculate the frequency of these X-rays in free space. (ii) Determine the energy of one photon of this radiation in electron-volts (eV). (iii) A photon of ultraviolet light has wavelength 200 nm200\,\text{nm}. Find the ratio of the photon energy of the X-ray to that of the ultraviolet radiation. Comment on what this ratio implies about the relative penetrating powers of the two radiations.

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