CHAPTER-2

STRUCTURE OF ATOM
 PLANCK’S EQUATION
• Energy is radiated in the discontinuous manner, in the small packets called as
quantas or quantums.
• A photon is a tiny particle that comprises waves of electromagnetic radiation.
• The amount of energy associated with the quantas is proportional to the
frequency of radiation
• E ∝ ʋ (frequency) so E = h ʋ (h= Planck’s constant= 6.626*10^34 J s)
 PLANCK’S
EQUATION
NUMERICALS

Ques. Calculate and compare the

energies of the radiations, one
with the wavelength of 400 nm
and other with 800 nm.
Ques. 3* 10^18
photons of a certain light
radiation are found to
produce 1.5 Joules of
energy. Calculate the
wavelength of light
radiations.
(h = 6.63 * 10^34 J s)
 RELATION
BETWEEN
MASS OF
PHOTON AND
WAVELENGTH
Ques. Calculate
the mass of a
photon of sodium
light having
wavelength 5894
Angstrom and
velocity 3 * 10^8
m/s .
 PHOTOELECTRIC EFFECT

• More the brightness (or intensity) of light, more will be the ejection of
electrons from the metal surface.
• More the frequency of the radiation, more will be the kinetic energy of the
ejected electrons from the metal surface.
• There is no time lag in the irradiation of radiations and ejection of
photoelectrons from the surface of metal.
RELATION
BETWEEN
THRESHOLD
FREQUENCY AND
KINETIC
ENERGY OF THE
ELECTRONS

THRESHOLD
ENERGY or WORK
FUNCTION = h ʋo