DUAL NATURE OF MATTER AND RADIATION

W.E-1: While working with light and X-rays, there

is a useful relation between the energy of a
photon in electron volts (eV) and the
wavelength of the photon in angstom (A0 ).
Suppose the wavelength of a photon is  A0 .
Then energy of the photon is
W.E-2: If wavelength of radiation is
0

4000A =400 nm then the energy of the

photon is
: A monochromatic source of light operating
at 200 W emits 4 X10 photons per second.
Find the wagelength of the light.
W.E-4: The work function of a metal is 3.0eV. It
is illuminated by a light of wave length
3 x 10 m. Calculate i) threshold frequency, ii)
the maximum energy of photoelectrons,
iii) the stopping potential. (h =6.63 x 10–34 Js
and c = 3 x 108ms–1).
W.E-5: The work function of a photosensitive
element is 2eV. Calculate the velocity of a
photoelectron when the element is exposed to
a light of wavelength 4000 A
W.E-6: A metal of work function 4eV is exposed
to a radiation of wavelength 140 x 10–9m.
Find the stopping potential.
:Radiations of wavelength 200nm
propagating in the form of a parallel beam,
fall normally on a plane metallic surface. The
intensity of the beam is 5mW and its cross
sectional area 1.0mm2 . Find the pressure
exerted by the radiation on the metallic
surface, if the radiation is completely
reflected.[Roorkee 2001]
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When a metal surface is illuminated by a
monochromatic light of wave - length  , then
the potential difference required to stop the
ejection of electrons is 3V. When the same
surface is illuminated by the light of
wavelength 2 , then the potential difference
required to stop the ejection of electrons is V.
Then for photoelectric effect, the threshold
wavelength for the metal surface will be
.
If U.V. Light of wavelengths 800 Ao and 700 Ao can
liberate electrons with kinetic energies of 1.8eV and
4 eV respectively from hydrogen atom in ground
state, then the value of planck’s constant is
In a photoelectric effect experiment, photons
of energy 5 eV are incident on a metal surface. The number of photons emitted per second by
They liberate photoelectrons which are just a 62W source of monochromatic light of
stopped by an electrode at a potential of -3.5 wavelength 4800 Ao is
V with respect to the metal. The work function
of the metal is
If stopping potentials corresponding to
wavelengths 4000A0 and 4500A0 are 1.3V and
0.9V respectively, then the work function of
the metal is
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In a photoelectric experiment anode potential
is plotted against plate current

1) A and B will have same intensities while B and

C will have different frequencies
2) B and C will have different intensities while A
and B will have different frequencies.
3) A and B will have different intensities while B
and C will have equal frequencies.
4) B and C will have equal intensities while A and
B will have same frequencies
When a surface 1 cm thick is illuminated with
light of wave lenght  the stopping potential
isV0 ,but when the same surface is illuminated
by light of wavelength 3  , the stopping
potential is . The threshold wavelength
for metallic surface is
A photon of energy 2.5 eV and wavelength 
falls on a metal surface and the ejected
electrons have velocity ‘v’. If the  of the
incident light is decreased by 20%, the
maximum velocity of the emitted electrons is
doubled. The work function of the metal is
1) 2.6 eV 2) 2.23 eV 3) 2.5 eV 4) 2.29 eV
When a metal surface is illuminated by light
of wavelengths 400 nm and 250 nm, the
maximum velocities of the photoelectrons
ejected are V and 2V respectively. The work
function of the metal is
A source of light is placed above a sphere of
radius 10cm. How many photoelectrons must
be emitted by the sphere before emission of
photoelectrons stops? The energy of incident
photon is 4.2 eV and the work function of the
metal is 1.5 eV.
Figure shows the variation of the stopping
potential (V0with the frequency (v) of the
incident radiations for two different
photosensitive material M1 and M2 .What are
the values of work functions for M1 and M2
respectively
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From the above figure the values of stopping
potentials for M1 and M2 for a frequency of
the incident radiatioins are V1 and
V2 respectively. Then the slope of the line is
equal to
5. A graph regarding photoeletric effect is shown
between the maximum kinetic energy of
electrons and the frequency of the incident
light. On the basis of data as shown in the
graph, calculate the work fucntion
The work function of a substance is 4.0 eV.
The longest wavelength of light that can cause
photoelectric emission from this substance is
approximately
1) 220 nm 2) 310 nm 3) 540 nm 4) 400 nm
 Light described at a place by the equation

falls on a metal surface having work fucntion

2.0 eV. Calculate the maximum kinetic energy
of the photoelectrons
1) 3.27 eV 2) 5 eV 3) 1.27 eV
4) 2.5 eV
A radiation of wave length 2500 A0 is incident
on a metal plate whose work function is 3.5
eV. Then the potential required to stop the
fastest photo electrons emitted by the surface
is (h = 6.63×10-34Js & c= 3×108 m/s)
1.
A photometal is illuminated by lights of
wavelengths 1 and 2 respectively. The
maximum kinetic enegies of electrons emitted
in the two cases are E1 and E2 respectively.
The work function of metal is.
Light of wavelength strikes a photo sensitive
surface and electrons are ejected with kinetic
energy E. If the kinetic energy is to be
increased to 2E, the wavelength must be
changed to  where
 If electron is having a wavelength of 100 Ao,
If an electron and a proton have the same KE,
then momentum is (gm cm s-1) units
the ratio of the de Broglie wavelengths of
proton and electron would approximately be
1) 1 : 1837 2) 43 : 1 3) 1837 : 1 4) 1 : 43
. A proton and an alpha particle are accelerated . Ratio of debroglie wavelengths of uncharged
through the same potential difference. The particle of mass m at 270C to 1270C is nearly
ratio of wavelengths associated with proton
and alpha particle respectively is
1) 1: 2 2 2) 2:1 3) 2 2 :1 4) 4:1
. An electron of mass m and charge e initially
at rest gets accelerated by a constant electric
field E . The rate of change of de-Broglie
wavelength of this electron at time t ignoring
relativistic effects is
. An electron (mass m ) with an initial velocity = v I is in an
electric field E =E j . If  = , its de Broglie
wavelength at time t is given by