10th Edition

ISBN: 9781305957404

Author: Steven S. Zumdahl, Susan A. Zumdahl, Donald J. DeCoste

Publisher: Cengage Learning

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Quantum chemistry deals with the properties of chemical systems and their reactions. The branch of chemistry which is more concerned with quantum chemistry is physical chemistry. It is a more sophisticated field of theoretical physics which is concerned …

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Chapter 7, Problem 50E

Human color vision is " produced" by the nervous system based on how three different cone receptors interact with photons of light in the eye. These three different types of cones interact with photons of different frequency light, as indicated in the following chart:

Cone Type	Range of Light Frequency Detected
S	6.00-7.49 × 10¹⁴s⁻¹
M	4.76-6.62 × 10¹⁴s⁻¹
L	4.28-6.00 × 10¹⁴s⁻¹

What wavelength ranges (and corresponding colors) do the three types of cones detect?

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Solution Summary: The author explains the wavelength range of light that the three types of cones detect. The speed of the wave is defined as the product of its wavelength and its frequency.

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