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The quantum hall resistance is a fundamental constant with the dimensions of resistance. If is Planck's constant and is the electronic charge, then the dimension of is the same as,
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Important Questions on Modern Physics - I
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In one model of the electron, the electron of mass is thought to be a uniformly charged shell of radius and total charge whose electrostatic energy is equivalent to its mass via Einstein's mass-energy relation, . In this model, is approximately (, , magnitude of the electronic charge),

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A stream of photons having energy each impinges on a potassium surface. The work function of potassium is . The emerging photoelectrons are slowed down by a copper plate placed away. If the potential difference between the two metal plates is , the maximum distance the electrons can move away from the potassium surface before being turned back is,

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In a photocell circuit, the stopping potential is a measure of the maximum kinetic energy of the photoelectrons. The following graph shows experimentally measured values of stopping potential versus frequency of incident light.
The values of Planck's constant and the work function as determined from the graph are (taking the magnitude of electronic charge to be,),

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Photons of energy are incident on two metals and with work functions and , respectively. The minimum de-Broglie wavelengths of the emitted photoelectrons with maximum energies are and , respectively, where is nearly,

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A singly ionised helium atom in an excited state emits a photon of energy . Given that the ground state energy of hydrogen atom is , the energy and quantum number of the resulting state are, respectively,

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A light source is radiating light of wavelength uniformly in all directions. The photon flux at a distance of is of the order of (Planck's constant,

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The wavelength of the first Balmer line caused by a transition from the level to the level in hydrogen is . The wavelength of the line caused by an electronic transition from to is,

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A (kilo-watt) laser beam of wavelength is used to levitate a thin aluminium disk of same area as the cross-section of the beam. The laser light is reflected by the aluminium disk without any absorption. The mass of the foil is close to,
