CET Karnataka Medical CET - Karnataka Medical Solved Paper-2015

  • question_answer
    Light of two different frequencies whose photons have energies 1 eV and 2.5 eV respectively, successively illuminate a metallic surface whose work function is 0.5 eV. Ratio of maximum speeds of emitted electrons will be

    A) \[1:4\]  

    B) \[1:1\]

    C) \[1:5\]

    D) \[1:2\]

    Correct Answer: D

    Solution :

    : According to Einsteins photoelectric equation, the maximum kinetic energy of emitted photoelectrons is \[{{K}_{\max }}=h\upsilon -{{\phi }_{0}}\] where \[h\upsilon \] is the energy of incident photon and \[{{\phi }_{0}}\]is the work function. But \[{{K}_{\max }}=\frac{1}{2}mv_{\max }^{2}\] \[\therefore \] \[\frac{1}{2}mv_{\max }^{2}=h\upsilon -{{\phi }_{0}}\] As per question \[\frac{1}{2}mv_{{{\max }_{1}}}^{2}=1eV-0.5eV=0.5eV\]?.(i) and \[\frac{1}{2}mv_{{{\max }_{2}}}^{2}=2.5eV-0.5eV=2eV\]  ?.(ii) Dividing eqn. (i) by eqn. (ii), we get \[\frac{v_{{{\max }_{1}}}^{2}}{v_{{{\max }_{2}}}^{2}}=\frac{0.5eV}{2eV}=\frac{1}{4}\] \[\frac{{{v}_{{{\max }_{1}}}}}{{{v}_{{{\max }_{2}}}}}=\sqrt{\frac{1}{4}}=\frac{1}{2}\]


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