CEE Kerala Engineering CEE Kerala Engineering Solved Paper-2009

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    When a metallic surface is illuminated by a light of wavelength\[\lambda ,\]the stopping potential for the photoelectric current is 3 V. When the same surface is illuminated by light of wavelength\[2\lambda ,\]the stopping potential is 1 V, the threshold wavelength for this surface is

    A)  \[4\lambda \]                  

    B)         \[3.5\lambda \]

    C)  \[3\lambda \]                  

    D)         \[2.75\lambda \]

    E)  \[2.5\lambda \]

    Correct Answer: A

    Solution :

    \[\frac{hc}{\lambda }-\frac{\lambda c}{{{\lambda }_{0}}}=3\]                            ...(i) \[\frac{hc}{\lambda }-\frac{hc}{{{\lambda }_{0}}}=1\] Dividing Eq. (i) by Eq. (ii)                 \[\frac{\frac{1}{\lambda }-\frac{1}{{{\lambda }_{0}}}}{\frac{1}{2\lambda }-\frac{1}{{{\lambda }_{0}}}}=3\]                 \[\frac{2({{\lambda }_{0}}-\lambda )}{{{\lambda }_{0}}-2\lambda }=3\]                 \[2{{\lambda }_{0}}-2\lambda =3{{\lambda }_{0}}-6\lambda \]                 \[{{\lambda }_{0}}=4\lambda \]


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