PHYSICS TRIAL TEST – ATOMIC PHYSICS – 40 MINS

Answer all questions.

1. (a) Explain
(i) photoelectric emission
(ii) thermionic emission

(b) (i) State three applications of thermionic emission.

(ii) How are cathode rays produced?

(c) (i) With the aid of a diagram, describe how x-rays are produced in a modern x-ray
tube.
(ii) Give three differences between soft x-rays and hard x-rays.

2. (a) (i) State Einstein’s equation of photoelectric effect.

(ii) What conservation principle does the equation represent?

(b) List three applications of photocells.

(c) A photoemissive surface has a threshold frequency of 4.02 × 1014 Hz, If the surface
is illuminated by light of frequency 5.0 × 1015 Hz, calculate the
(i) threshold wavelength
(ii) work function
(iii) kinetic energy of the emitted photon