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The energy required to break on bond in DNA is 10^-20J. Express it in eV.

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Energy required to break one bond of DNA is
`(10^(-20)J)/(1.6xx10^(-19)J"/"eV) cong 0.06 eV`
Note `0.1 eV= 100 meV` (100 millielectron volt).
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