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Is there any difference between light waves and matter waves?

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Yes, the velocity of light waves in vacuum is constant, whereas the velocity of matter waves in vacuum depends upon the wavelength of matter wave.
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  3. Which of the following has minimum stopping potential?

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  4. When radiation is incident on a photoelectron emitter, the potential i...

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  7. The photoelectric work function for a metal surface is 4.125 eV. The c...

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  9. Threshold wavelength for a metal having work function w(0) is lambda. ...

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  10. The work function for metals A , B and C are respectively 1.92 eV , 2....

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  14. The minimum energy required by an electron to..........form the metal ...

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  15. The maximum kinetic energy of emitted photoelectrons depends on the......

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  16. The ratio of number of photoelectrons ejected to the number of the pho...

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  17. For given photosenstive material, the photoelectric current is...........

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  18. An increase in the frequency of the incident light.............the vel...

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  20. In photoelectric effect the energy of the free electron does not depen...

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  21. Photon is not a..........but it is a.......... .

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