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Expert: - 10/7/2005


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How many moles of glucose can I make from:

1 mole of red photons (680nm)
1 mole of blue photons 450nm

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I returned to this question, Sam, after thinking about it because I believe it to be unanswerable.  A mole is a measure of molecules (6.02 x 10 to the 23rd to be exact) and molecules have mass while photons are energy.  You cannot measure photons in moles.
 Correct me if I am wrong here.

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