Photoelectric Effect
 

Photoelectric Effect problem 33


  • Electromagnetic radiation of a single constant frequency is incident on a metal surface. This causes an electron to be emitted. Explain why the maximum kinetic energy of the electron is independent of the intensity of the incident radiation.


  • Ultraviolet radiation of wavelength is incident on the surface of a sheet of zinc. The maximum kinetic energy of the emitted electrons is . Determine, in :


    • the energy of a photon of the ultraviolet radiation


    • the work function energy of the surface of the zinc.


 

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