The voltage across the membrane forming a (Biological) cell wall is about 74 mV and the membrane is about 8.7 nm thick. 4c. Molecular changes are sometimes measured with the energy unit of "electron-volt" (eV), where 1eV=1.602×10−19J. For context, a single photon of visible light has an energy of about 2eV. How many eV does it cost to move a doubly-ionized Ca++ ion the hard way across the cell membrane?

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The voltage across the membrane forming a (Biological) cell wall is about 74 mV and the membrane is about 8.7 nm thick.

4c. Molecular changes are sometimes measured with the energy unit of "electron-volt" (eV), where 1eV=1.602×10−19J. For context, a single photon of visible light has an energy of about 2eV. How many eV does it cost to move a doubly-ionized Ca++ ion the hard way across the cell membrane?

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