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A helium nucleus (charge =+3.2×10-19C; mass =6.8×10-27 kg ) is accelerated through a potential difference of 7500 V. Calculate its kinetic energy in electronvolts.

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A helium nucleus (charge =+3.2×10-19C; mass =6.8×10-27 kg ) is accelerated through a potential difference of 7500 V. Calculate its kinetic energy in joules.

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A helium nucleus (charge =+3.2×10-19C; mass =6.8×10-27 kg ) is accelerated through a potential difference of 7500 V. Calculate its speed.

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Ultraviolet light with photons of energy 2.5×10-18 J is shone onto a zinc plate. The work function of zinc is 4.3eV. Calculate the maximum energy with which an electron can be emitted from the zinc plate. Give your answer in eV.

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Ultraviolet light with photons of energy 2.5×10-18 J is shone onto a zinc plate. The work function of zinc is 4.3eV. Calculate the maximum energy with which an electron can be emitted from the zinc plate. Give your answer in J.

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Calculate the minimum frequency of electromagnetic radiation that will cause the emission of photoelectrons from the surface of gold. (Work function for gold =4.9eV.)
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The diagram shows five of the energy levels in a helium ion. The lowest energy level is known as the ground state.

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 Determine the energy, in joules, that is required to completely remove the remaining electron, originally in its ground state, from the helium ion.

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The diagram shows five of the energy levels in a helium ion. The lowest energy level is known as the ground state.

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Determine the frequency of the radiation that is emitted when the electron drops from the level $n=3$ to $n=2$. State the region of the electromagnetic spectrum in which this radiation lies.

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The diagram shows five of the energy levels in a helium ion. The lowest energy level is known as the ground state.

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Without further calculation, describe qualitatively how the frequency of the radiation emitted when the electron drops from the level $n=2$ to $n=1$ compares with the energy of the radiation emitted when it drops from $n=3$ to $n=2$.