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Physics 212

Fall 2008
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.

7) A beam of electrons is incident on a single slit of width 0.5


2)Ultraviolet light that has a frequency of 3 x 10 15
Hz in nm that is 20 cm from a screen. A diffraction pattern is
incident on a metal surface. The electrons that are ejected formed on the screen that has minima that are spaced 2.1
have a maximum kinetic energy of 6.1 eV. Calculate the cm apart. What is the kinetic energy of the incident
work function of the metal in units of electron volts. electrons?

3) White light has wavelengths that range from 380 nm to 750


nm. This light in strikes a metal that has a work function of 8)A proton is confined to a nucleus whose diameter is 5.5 x
2.28 eV. (a) What is the maximum kinetic energy (in 10-15 m. Consider this distance to be the uncertainty in the
joules) of the electrons that are emitted from the metal? (b) position of the proton. Calculate the minimum uncertainty
For what range of wavelengths will no electrons be emitted? in the proton’s momentum.

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

2)6.3 Ev 6) 1.06 X 10-34 m

3)a)1.6 x 10 J
-19
7) 545 eV
b) 545 nm - 750 nm 8) 1.9 x 10-20 kg m/s

4)1.26 eV 9) 7.0 x 10-32 m


5)A proton in a particle accelerator has a de Broglie
wavelength of 1.3 x 10-14 m. Calculate the kinetic energy
(in joules) of the proton.

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