BCECE Medical BCECE Medical Solved Papers-2001

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    Number of photons of wavelength 600 nm emitted per second by an electric bulb of power 50 W is : (Take \[h=6.6\times {{10}^{-34}}J-s\])

    A)  \[{{10}^{19}}\]

    B)  \[2\times {{10}^{20}}\]

    C)  60            

    D)  zero

    Correct Answer: B

    Solution :

    Key Idea: Energy of all the photons emitted per second is the power of the bulb. Energy per second or power of bulb is given by \[p=nhv\] but         \[v=\frac{c}{\lambda }\] \[\therefore \] \[p=\frac{nhc}{\lambda }\] or            \[n=\frac{p\lambda }{hc}\] ?. (i) Here, \[p=50W,\,\lambda =600\,nm=600\times {{10}^{-9}}m\]                 \[h=6.6\times {{10}^{-34}}J-s,c=3\times {{10}^{8}}m/s\] Substituting the values in Eq. (i), we find                 \[n=\frac{50\times 600\times {{10}^{-9}}}{6.6\times {{10}^{-34}}\times 3\times {{10}^{8}}}\] \[\approx 2\times {{10}^{20}}\]


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