The photodissociation wavelength of ozone is 320 nm.  This means that ozone efficiently absorbs light below this wavelength and breaks apart according to the following photochemical reaction.

O3 + hn à O2 + O

 

Any excess energy above the dissociation energy will be carried away by the kinetic energy of

O2 and O.  Assuming that the kinetic energy is shared equally by O2 and O calculate the velocity

of O2 and O when ozone is photodissociated by a photon with a wavelength of 250 nm.