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Define photoelectric effect.

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प्रश्न

Define photoelectric effect. 

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The phenomenon of emission of electrons from a metal surface when radiation of appropriate frequency is incident on it is known as the photoelectric effect. 

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अध्याय 14: Dual Nature Of Radiation And Matter - Very Short Answer

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एससीईआरटी महाराष्ट्र Physics [English] 12 Standard HSC
अध्याय 14 Dual Nature Of Radiation And Matter
Very Short Answer | Q 1

संबंधित प्रश्न

If the frequency of incident light falling on a photosensitive material is doubled, then the kinetic energy of the emitted photoelectron will be ______.


Choose the correct option.

Polychromatic (containing many different frequencies) radiation is used in an experiment on the photoelectric effect. The stopping potential ______.


What is the photoelectric effect?


Using the values of work function given in the following table, tell which metal will require the highest frequency of incident radiation to generate photocurrent.

Typical values of work function for some common metals

Metal Work function (in eV)
Potassium 2.3
Sodium 2.4
Calcium 2.9
Zinc 3.6
Silver 4.3
Aluminium 4.3
Tungsten 4.5
Copper 4.7
Nickel 5.0
Gold 5.1

Radiation of wavelength 4500 Å is incident on a metal having work function 2.0 eV. Due to the presence of a magnetic field B, the most energetic photoelectrons emitted in a direction perpendicular to the field move along a circular path of radius 20 cm. What is the value of the magnetic field B?


The minimum frequency for photoelectric effect on metal is 7 × 1014 Hz, Find the work function of the metal. 


Find the kinetic energy of the emitted electron, if in photoelectric effect energy of incident Photon is 4 eV and work function is 2.4 eV. 


Draw a neat labelled diagram of a schematic of the experimental setup for the photoelectric effect. 


The energy of a photon is 2 eV. Find its frequency and wavelength.  


With the help of a circuit diagram describe the experiment to study the characteristics of the photoelectric effect. Hence discuss any 2 characteristics of the photoelectric effect.  


Which one of the following is TRUE in photoelectric emission?


The following graph shows the stopping potential V0 versus frequency v for photoelectric emission from two metals A and B. The slope of each of the lines gives ______

 


When light falls on a metal surface, the maximum kinetic energy of the emitted photoelectrons depends upon ______


The maximum velocity of the photoelectron emitted by the metal surface is 'v '. Charge and mass of the photoelectron is denoted by 'e' and 'm' respectively. The stopping potential in volt is ______.


For photoelectric emission from certain metal, the cut-off frequency is v. If radiation of frequency 2v impinges on the metal plate, the maximum possible velocity of the emitted electron will be (m is the electron mass) ____________.


Threshold frequency for a metal is 1015 Hz. Light of `lambda` = 4000 Å falls on its surface. Which of the following statements is correct?


A metal surface is illuminated by light of given intensity and frequency to cause photoemission. If the intensity of illumination is reduced to one-fourth of its original value then the maximum KE of the emitted photoelectrons would be ______.


Light of wavelength `lambda` 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 `lambda'` where ____________.


The threshold frequency for a certain photosensitive metal is v0. When it is illuminated by light of frequency v = 2v0, the maximum velocity of photoelectrons is v0. What will be the maximum velocity of the photoelectrons when the same metal is illuminated by light of frequency 

v = 5v0?


Following graphs show the variation of stopping potential corresponding to the frequency of incident radiation (F) for a given metal. The correct variation is shown in graph (v0 = Threshold frequency).


The photon of frequency vis incident on a metal surface whose threshold frequency is v0. The kinetic energy of the emitted photoelectrons will be ______.


When a certain metallic surface is illuminated with monochromatic light of wavelength '`lambda`', the stopping potential for photoelectric effect is '3V0'. If the same surface is illuminated with a light of wavelength '`2 lambda`', the stopping potential is found as 'V0'. The threshold wavelength for this surface is ____________.


Photoelectrons are observed to just emit out of a material surface when the light of 620 nm falls on it with the intensity of 100 W m-2. If the light of wavelength 400 nm is incident on the same material with an intensity of 1 W m-2, what would be the minimum reverse potential needed to stop the outflow of the electrons?


A charged dust particle of radius 5 × 10-7 m is located in a horizontal electric field having an intensity of 6.28 × 105 V/m. The surrounding medium is air with a coefficient of viscosity η = 1.6 × 10-5 N-s/m2. If the particle moves with a uniform horizontal speed of 0.02 m/s, the number of electrons on it is ______.


In a photocell, frequency of incident radiation is increased by keeping other factors constant (v > v0), the stopping potential ______.


If the electron in hydrogen atom jumps from second Bohr orbit to ground state and difference between energies of the two states is radiated in the form of photons. If the work function of the material is 4.2 eV, then stopping potential is ______.

[Energy of electron in nth orbit = `-13.6/"n"^2` eV ]


When monochromatic light of frequency v1 falls on a metal surface, the stopping potential required is found to be V1. If the radiation of frequency v2 is incident on the surface, the stopping potential required V2 is ______. (v2 > v1)


If the maximum kinetic energy of emitted electrons in the photoelectric effect is 2eV, the stopping potential will be ______.


By increasing the voltage in an electron diffraction tube, the radius of the diffraction rings will ______.


Draw a neat labelled diagram of photo-current as a function of accelerating potential for fixed incident intensity but different incident frequencies for the same emitter material.


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