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प्रश्न
Define photoelectric effect.
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उत्तर
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.
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 ______.
Can microwaves be used in the experiment on 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 |
The electrons are emitted in the photoelectric effect from a metal surface.
The minimum frequency for photoelectric effect on metal is 7 × 1014 Hz, Find the work function of the metal.
Draw a neat labelled diagram of a schematic of the experimental setup for the photoelectric effect.
If the total energy of radiation of frequency 1014 Hz is 6.63 J, Calculate the number of photons in the radiation.
State Einstein photoelectric equation.
With the help of a circuit diagram describing an experiment to study the photoelectric effect.
The energy of a photon is 2 eV. Find its frequency and wavelength.
The energy of the incident photon on the metal surface is 3 W and then 5 W, where W is the work function for that metal. The ratio of velocities of emitted photoelectrons is ______.
The maximum velocity of photoelectron emitted is 4.8 m/s. If the e/m ratio of the electron is 1.76 × 1011 C/kg, then stopping potential is given by ______
The kinetic energy of the most energetic photoelectron emitted from a metal surface is doubled when the wavelength of the incident radiation is reduced from λ1 to λ2. The work function of the metal is ______
The graph of stopping potential `"V"_"s"` against frequency v of incident radiation is plotted for two different metals P and Q as shown in the graph. ΦP and ΦQ are work-functions of P and Q respectively, then

When light falls on a metal surface, the maximum kinetic energy of the emitted photoelectrons depends upon ______
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 ____________.
In photoelectric effect, graph of saturation current versus frequency of light is plotted. The nature of the graph will be ____________.
When light of wavelength 'λ' is incident on a photosensitive surface, the stopping potential is 'V'. When light of wavelength '3λ' is incident on the same surface, the stopping potential is `"V"/6`. Threshold wavelength for the surface is _______.
The photo electric effect to take place for a metal, the minimum frequency required is 5.792 × 1014 Hz. A light of wavelength 6000 Å is incident on that metal surface. What is the corresponding frequency of light and will there be photoelectric emissions? [velocity of light = 3 × 108 m/s]
When a metal with work function 0.6 eV is illuminated with light of energy 2 eV, the stopping potential will be ____________.
The radiation corresponding to the 3 → 2 transition of a hydrogen atom falls on a gold surface to generate photoelectrons. These electrons are passed through a magnetic field of 5 × 10-4 T. Assume that the radius of the largest circular path followed by these electrons is 7 mm, and the work function of the metal is ______.
(Mass of electron = 9.1 × 10-31 kg)
In a photoelectric experiment, ultraviolet light of wavelength 280 nm is used with a lithium cathode having work function Φ = 2.5 eV. If the wavelength of incident light is switched to 400 nm, find out the change in the stopping potential.
(h = 6.63 × 10-34 Js, c = 3 × 108 ms-1)
When radiation of wavelength λ is used to illuminate a metallic surface, the stopping potential is V. When the same surface is illuminated with radiation of wavelength 3λ, the stopping potential is `"V"/4`. If the threshold wavelength for the metallic surface is nλ. then value of n will be ______.
We wish to observe an object which is 2.5Å in size. The minimum energy photon that can be used ______.
The following graphs show the variation of stopping potential corresponding to the frequency of incident radiation (ν) for a given metal. The correct variation is shown in graph [ν0 = threshold frequency].
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Give Einstein's explanation of the photoelectric effect.
According to Einstein's photoelectric equation, the graph of kinetic energy of the photoelectron emitted from the metal versus the frequency of incident radiation gives a straight line graph whose slopе ______.




