BITSAT 2015
- Exam
- BITSAT
- Year
- 2015
- Subject
- Physics
- Chapter
- Dual Nature of Matter
BITSAT 2015 · Physics · Dual Nature of Matter
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The beam of light has three wavelengths and with a total intensity of equally distributed amongst the three wavelengths. The beam falls normally on the area of a clean metallic surface of work function . Assume that there is loss of light by reflection and that each energetically capable photon ejects one electron. Calculate the number of photoelectrons liberated in
Options
- A
- B
- C
- D
Correct answer
B.
Step-by-step solution
As we know, threshold wavelength
\begin{array}{c}
\left(\lambda_{0}\right)=\frac{\mathrm{hc}}{\phi} \\
\Rightarrow \lambda_{0}=\frac{\left(6.63 \times 10^{-34}\right) \times 3 \times 10^{8}}{2.3 \times\left(1.6 \times 10^{-19}\right)}=5.404 \times 10^{-7} \mathrm{~m}
\end{array}
Hence, wavelength and will emit electron from the metal surface. For each wavelength energy incident on the surface per unit time = intensity of each area of the surface wavelength
Therefore, energy incident on the surface for each wavelength in
Number of photons due to wavelength
Number of photons due to the wavelength
Therefore total number of photoelectrons liberated in
\begin{aligned}
\mathrm{N} &=\mathrm{n}_{1}+\mathrm{n}_{2} \\
&=0.5 \times 10^{12}+0.575 \times 10^{12} \\
&=1.075 \times 10^{12}
\end{aligned}