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    1. The document provides 20 practice problems related to the photoelectric effect. It gives the key constants and formulas needed to solve problems involving photon energy, frequency, wavelength, work function, kinetic energy, and stopping voltage. 2. The problems cover a range of scenarios: calculating photon properties from given energies/frequencies, determining if photoelectric emission will occur, and finding kinetic energies and stopping voltages under different illumination conditions. 3. The final problem asks how increasing intensity or frequency of incident light would affect various photoelectric measurements like kinetic energy, stopping voltage, and current. Understanding these relationships is important for applying the photoelectric effect model.

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    1. The document provides 20 practice problems related to the photoelectric effect. It gives the key constants and formulas needed to solve problems involving photon energy, frequency, wavelength, work function, kinetic energy, and stopping voltage. 2. The problems cover a range of scenarios: calculating photon properties from given energies/frequencies, determining if photoelectric emission will occur, and finding kinetic energies and stopping voltages under different illumination conditions. 3. The final problem asks how increasing intensity or frequency of incident light would affect various photoelectric measurements like kinetic energy, stopping voltage, and current. Understanding these relationships is important for applying the photoelectric effect model.

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    1. The document provides 20 practice problems related to the photoelectric effect. It gives the key constants and formulas needed to solve problems involving photon energy, frequency, wavelength, work function, kinetic energy, and stopping voltage. 2. The problems cover a range of scenarios: calculating photon properties from given energies/frequencies, determining if photoelectric emission will occur, and finding kinetic energies and stopping voltages under different illumination conditions. 3. The final problem asks how increasing intensity or frequency of incident light would affect various photoelectric measurements like kinetic energy, stopping voltage, and current. Understanding these relationships is important for applying the photoelectric effect model.

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    Lawz Elite Education Center Prepared by Jason Fung

    Photoelectric effect exercise

    Take ℎ = 6.63 × 10−34 J s, 𝑐𝑐 = 3 × 108 m s-1, 𝑒𝑒 = 1.6 × 10−19 C

    1. What is the energy of a photon of frequency 7.7 × 1014 Hz?

    2. Find the frequency of a photon if the photon carries 5 eV of energy.

    3. Find the energy of a photon that has a wavelength of 700 nm.

    4. A photon carries 2.48 eV of energy.

    (i) Find the wavelength of the photon.


    (ii) To which part of the electromagnetic spectrum does this wavelength belong?

    5. The work function of calcium is 2.87 eV. Find the threshold frequency of calcium.

    6. The threshold frequency of sodium is 5.7 × 1014 Hz. Find the work function of
    sodium.

    7. The minimum frequency of radiation for photoelectric emission from a metal to


    occur is 7.5 × 1014 Hz. Find the work function of the metal.

    8. A photon of energy 2 eV is incident on a metal with work function 2.36 eV.


    Explain whether photoelectric emission will occur.

    9. A photon that carries 5 eV of energy hits a metal with work function 2.87 eV.
    Explain whether photoelectric emission will occur.

    10. When a metal is illuminated by violet light, photoelectric emission does not occur.
    If the metal is now illuminated by red light, will photoelectric emission occur?
    Explain your answer.

    11. Not all the photons can cause photoelectric emission even though the energy of
    the photon is higher than the work function. Explain this phenomenon.
    Lawz Elite Education Center Prepared by Jason Fung

    12. A photon of energy 8 eV is incident on a metal with work function 2.36 eV.

    (i) Find the maximum kinetic energy of the photoelectrons emitted.


    (ii) Hence, find the maximum speed of the photoelectrons emitted. Given that the
    mass of electron is 9.11 × 10−31 kg.

    13. A photocell with work function 3 eV is illuminated by light of photon energy


    5.5 eV. Find the maximum kinetic energy of the photoelectrons emitted.

    14. A photon of wavelength 350 nm is incident on a photocell with work function


    2.60 eV.

    (i) Explain whether photoelectric emission will occur.


    (ii) Find the maximum kinetic energy of the photoelectrons emitted.

    15. A photon of energy 3 eV hits a photocell with work function 2.5 eV. Find the
    stopping voltage.

    16. A photocell is illuminated by a beam of radiation. The photoelectrons emitted


    have a maximum kinetic energy of 3 eV. What is the stopping voltage?

    17. The maximum speed of the photoelectrons emitted from a metal surface is
    2 × 106 m s-1. Given that the mass of electron is 9.11 × 10−31 kg, find the
    stopping voltage.

    18. A photon of frequency 9 × 1014 Hz is incident on a photocell, causing the


    emission of photoelectrons. The stopping voltage is 1.2 V. Find the threshold
    frequency of the metal.

    19. A photocell is illuminated by a beam of light. The threshold frequency is


    5.7 × 1014 Hz and the stopping voltage is 2 V. Find the wavelength of the beam
    of light.
    Lawz Elite Education Center Prepared by Jason Fung

    20. A beam of monochromatic light falls on a photocell. A reading of photoelectric


    current is detected.

    (i) What is the effect of increasing the intensity of the incident radiation on the
    maximum kinetic energy of photoelectrons?
    (ii) What is the effect of increasing the frequency of the incident radiation on the
    maximum kinetic energy of photoelectrons?
    (iii) What is the effect of increasing the intensity of the incident radiation on the
    stopping voltage?
    (iv) What is the effect of increasing the frequency of the incident radiation on the
    stopping voltage?
    (v) If the intensity of the monochromatic light is increased while the frequency is
    kept constant, how will the photoelectric current change?
    (vi) If the frequency of the monochromatic light is increased while the intensity is
    kept constant, how will the photoelectric current change?

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