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Problem Set #13
Read: 27.2, 28.1, 28.4 and then do the following. Due on Friday, November 21st.
1) A certain metal has a work function of 2.28 eV. Calculate
the maximum wavelength (in nm) that an electromagnetic 6) A ball of mass 0.2 kg is released from rest at the top of a
wave can have in order for electrons to ONLY eject from the building that is 50 m tall. Calculate the de Broglie
metal. wavelength of the ball right before it hits the ground.
4) EM waves of a certain wavelength cause electrons with a 9) A ball of mass 50 g is traveling at 30 m/s. The speed of the
maximum kinetic energy of 0.68 eV to be ejected from a ball is measured to an accuracy of 0.1%. Calculate the
surface. The work function of the surface is 2.75 eV. The minimum uncertainty in its position.
same EM waves are now incident on a different surface
whose work function is 2.17 eV. What will be the maximum
kinetic energy (in eV) of the electrons ejected from this
different surface?
ANSWERS:
1) 545 nm 5) 7.77 x 10-13 J
3)a)1.6 x 10 J
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7) 545 eV
b) 545 nm - 750 nm 8) 1.9 x 10-20 kg m/s