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Photoelectric emission from a metal begins at a frequency of 6×1014 Hz. The emitted electrons are fully stopped by a retarding potential of 3.3 V.  What will be the wavelength of the incident radiation?

Important Questions on Dual Nature of Radiation and Matter

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The stopping potential for electrons emitted from a photosensitive surface illuminated by light of wavelength 491 nm is 0.710 V. When the incident wavelength is changed to a new value, the stopping potential is 1.43 V. The new wavelength is :
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The stopping potential in the context of photoelectric effect depends on the following property of incident electromagnetic radiation:
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The anode voltage of a photocell is kept fixed. The wavelength λ of the light falling on the cathode is gradually changed. The plate current I of the photocell varies as follows :
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The surface of a metal is illuminated with a light of wavelength 400 nm. The kinetic energy of the ejected photoelectrons was found to be 1.68 eV. The work function of the metal is hc=1240 eV nm,
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The following graph represents the variation of photo current with anode potential for a metal surface. Here I1, I2 and I3 represents intensities and γ1,γ2,γ3 represents frequency for curves 1, 2 and 3 respectively, then

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Guess the shape of curve which shows the variation of v with v in case of photoelectric emission shown by the relation where symbols have their usual meaning.

V=hev-ϕe

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When a beam of 10.6eV photons of intensity 2.0 W m-2 falls on a metallic surface of area 1×10-4 m2, 0.53% of the incident photons eject photoelectrons. What is the number of photoelectrons emitted per second?
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The photoelectric threshold for a certain metal surface is 360 . If the metal surface is irradiated by a wavelength of 1100 , the kinetic energy of the emitted photoelectrons is

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When a certain photosensitive surface is illuminated with a monochromatic light of frequency ν, the stopping potential of the photo current is  -V02.  When the surface is illuminated by monochromatic light of frequency ν2, the stopping potential is -V0. The threshold frequency for photoelectric emission is
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When radiation of the wavelength λ is incident on a metallic surface, the stopping potential is 4.8 V. If the same surface is illuminated with radiation of double the wavelength, then the stopping potential becomes 1.6 V. Then the threshold wavelength for the surface is
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As the intensity of incident light increases
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The stopping potential for photoelectrons emitted from a surface illuminated by light of wavelength 400 nm is 500 mV. When the incident wavelength is changed to a new value, the stopping potential is found to be 800 mV. New wavelength is about
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The light of radiation 300 nm falls on a photocell operating in the saturation mode. The spectral sensitivity is 4.8 mA W-1. The yield of photoelectrons (i.e. number of electrons produced per photon) is
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The threshold wavelength for photoelectric emission from a material is 5200 Ao. Photoelectrons will be emitted when this material is illuminated with monochromatic radiation from a :
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A photocell is operating in saturation mode with a photo current 4.8 mA. When two monochromatic radiations of wavelengths 3000 Å and 1500 Å respectively are incident on the cell, it is observed that the maximum kinetic energy of photoelectron increases by two times for the second radiation with respect to the first. The threshold wavelength for the cell is
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Threshold wavelength of certain metal is λ 0 . A radiation of wavelength λ < λ 0  is incident on the plate. Then, choose the correct statement from the following.
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A monochromatic light is used in an experiment on photoelectric effect. The stopping potential
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The work function of a substance is 4.0 eV . The longest wavelength of light that can cause photoelectron emission from this substance is approximately