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Exactly. The energy required to break the bond of a DNA pair (a covalent bond) is about 1 eV. If you plug 1 eV into E = hv you get the frequency of ultra-violet
by castratikron 11y ago
Exactly. The energy required to break the bond of a DNA pair (a covalent bond) is about 1 eV. If you plug 1 eV into E = hv you get the frequency of ultra-violet light. So anything lower than UV light (visible, infrared, microwave, radio wave) doesn't have enough energy to do anything.