A modern 200 watt sodium street lamp emits yellow light of wavelength 0.6 μm. Assuming it to be 25% efficient in converting electrical energy to light, number of photons of yellow light it emits per second is - |
$6.2×10^{20}$ $3×10^{19}$ $1.5×10^{20}$ $6×10^{18}$ |
$1.5×10^{20}$ |
$\frac{n}{t}=\frac{IA}{hv}=\frac{IAλ}{hc}=\frac{Wλ}{hc}$ $=\frac{50×6×10^{-7}}{6.6×10^{-34}×3×10^8}$ $=\frac{300}{20}×10^{19}$ $=1.5×10^{20}$ |