Dual Behaviour of Electromagnetic Radiation

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Dual Behaviour of Electromagnetic Radiation: Overview

This topic explains the dual behaviour of the electromagnetic radiations. It consists of problems with solutions for a better understanding.

Important Questions on Dual Behaviour of Electromagnetic Radiation

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The electromagnetic radiation has wave nature. How does wave number considered as the wave parameter of it?

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Express, the electromagnetic radiation has the wave nature using the wave length and the frequency relationship.

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What is the amplitude of the electromagnetic wave in the diagram below?

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How is amplitude of the electromagnetic radiation related to intensity?

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Explain briefly the physical meaning of an amplitude of a wave.

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The wavelength of a radio wave is 1.0m. Find its frequency?

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What is absorption spectrum?

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Which of the following particles will show deflection from the path on passing through an electric field?

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The number of wavelengths per unit length is called

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What is/are correct about Hertz (Hz s-1)?

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Velocity is the distance travelled by a wave in one _____ .

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The ratio of energy to the frequency of electromagnetic radiation is called:

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The dual nature of matter was proposed by de Broglie.

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The shortest wavelength in hydrogen  spectrum of Lyman series when Rh = 109678 cm-1 is

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 Photoelectric emission is observed from a metal surface with incident frequencies v1 and v2 where v 1 > v2 . If the kinetic energies of the photoelectrons emitted in the two cases are in the ratio 2 : 1, then the threshold frequency v0 of the metal is

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600W mercury lamp emits monochromatic radiation of wavelength 313·3nm. How many photons are emitted from the lamp per second ?

(h = 6.626 × 10-34 Js, velocity of light  = 3 × 108 ms-1)

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A radio can tune to any station in 7.5 MHz to 12 MHz band. The corresponding wavelength band is

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The radiation with maximum frequency is

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Which of the following is never true for cathode rays?

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The frequency of yellow light having wavelength 600 nm is-