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PH2400 Quiz 3, Fall 2011

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1. A sodium-vapor lamp has a power output of 10W. Using 589.3nm as the average wavelength
of the source, calculate the number of photons emitted per second.

E = nhf
= nhc/λ

or 1 photon has hc/λ = 2.1 eV of energy. So a 10 Watt lamp produces:

10J/sec = 10/(1.6 ×−19 eV ) = 6.25 × 1019 eV/sec. Therefore, it takes:
6.25 × 1019 eV · sec
= 2.9 × 1019 photons/sec.
2.1eV
number of photons/sec = 2.9 × 1019
2. X-rays of wavelength 0.200nm are scattered from a block of carbon. If the scattered radiation
is detected at 90o relative to the incident beam, find the kinetic energy imparted (in eV) to
the recoiling electron.
Solution:
Conservation of energy:
hc hc
= + Ke
λo λ
Ke = hc(1/λo − 1/λ)
1
= (6.6 × 10−16 )2πc( − 1/λ)
2 × 10−10

Now,
h
λ = λo + (1 − cos90o )
mc
6.6 × 10−16 2π3 × 108
= 2 × 10−10 +
0.511 × 106
−10
= 2.0243 × 10 m

Therefore,
1 1
Ke = (6.6 × 10−16 )2πc( −10
− )
2 × 10 2.0243 × 10−10
= 74.6eV