Practicing Success
Radiation of two photons energies, twice and five times the work function of metal are incident successively on the metal surface. The ratio of the maximum velocity of photoelectrons emitted in the two cases will be |
1 : 1 1 : 2 1 : 3 1 : 4 |
1 : 2 |
$ \text{Energy of Photon 1} , E = 2\phi_0 = \phi_0 + \frac{1}{2}mv_1^2 \Rightarrow \phi_0 = \frac{1}{2}mv_1^2$ $ \text{Energy of Photon 2} , E' = 5\phi_0 = \phi_0 + \frac{1}{2}mv_2^2 \Rightarrow 4\phi_0 = \frac{1}{2}mv_2^2$ $ \Rightarrow \frac{v_1^2}{v_2^2} = \frac{\phi_0}{4\phi_0}$ $\Rightarrow \frac{v_1}{v_2} = 1:2$
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