Home
Class 12
PHYSICS
An increase in the frequency of the inci...

An increase in the frequency of the incident light increase the velocity with which photoelectron is ejected. Explain how?

Text Solution

Verified by Experts

In photoelectric emission,`1/2mv^2=hv-phi_0`.
The increase in frequency v of incident light increase the energy of the incident photon.since the work function `phi_0` of a given photosenstive surface being fixed, therefore the kinetic energy of the photoelectron increases with increase in the photoelectron increase with increase in the frequency of incident light due to it, the velocity v of photoelectrons increase.
Promotional Banner

Topper's Solved these Questions

  • DUAL NATURE OF RADIATION AND MATTER

    PRADEEP|Exercise NCERT Exerciese question|1 Videos
  • DUAL NATURE OF RADIATION AND MATTER

    PRADEEP|Exercise Short answer|1 Videos
  • CURRENT ELECTRICITY

    PRADEEP|Exercise Problems for Practice (B)|2 Videos
  • ELECTROMAGNETIC INDUCTION & ALTERNATING CURRENT

    PRADEEP|Exercise Multiple Choice Questions|1 Videos

Similar Questions

Explore conceptually related problems

An increase in the frequency of the incident light.............the velocity with which photoelectron is ejected.

Increase in the frequency of the incident radiations increases the

As the intensity of incident light increases

As the frequency of the light increases, the momentum of its Photon

Statement-1: Kinetic energy of photoelectrons increases with increases in the frequency of incident radiation Statement-2: The number of photoelectrons ejected increases with increases in intensity of incident radiation.

By increasing the intensity of incident light on the surface of a metal

If the work function of a metal is 'phi' and the frequency of the incident light is 'v' , there is no emission of photoelectron if

The threshold frequency of a metal is f_0 . When the light of frequency 2f_0 is incident on the metal plate, the maximum velocity of electrons emitted is v_1 . When the frequency of the incident radiation is increased to 5f_0 , the maximum velocity of electrons emitted is v_2 . Find the ratio of v_1 andv_2 .

The threshold frequency for a certain metal is v_(0) when light of frequency v = 2v_(0) is incident on it . The maximum velocity of photoelectrons is 4 xx 10^(6) m/s . If the frequency of incident radiation is increase to 5 v_(0) , the maximum velocity of photo electrons in m/s will be .

Radiation of frequency 1.5 times the threshold frequency is incident on a photosensitive material. If the frequency of incident radiation is halved and the intensity is doubled, the number of photoelectron ejected per second becomes:

PRADEEP-DUAL NATURE OF RADIATION AND MATTER-Exercise
  1. An increase in the frequency of the incident light increase the veloci...

    Text Solution

    |

  2. The photoelectric effect can be explained on the basis of

    Text Solution

    |

  3. Which of the following has minimum stopping potential?

    Text Solution

    |

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

    Text Solution

    |

  5. Two photons, each of energy 2.5 eV are simultaneously incident on the ...

    Text Solution

    |

  6. The maximum velocity of an electron emitted by light of wavelength lam...

    Text Solution

    |

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

    Text Solution

    |

  8. The slope of frequency of incident light and stopping potential for a ...

    Text Solution

    |

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

    Text Solution

    |

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

    Text Solution

    |

  11. The wavelength of the matter wave is independent of

    Text Solution

    |

  12. If E(1), E(2), E(3), E(4) are the respective kinetic energies of elect...

    Text Solution

    |

  13. What is de-Broglie wavelength assciated with electron moving under a ...

    Text Solution

    |

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

    Text Solution

    |

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

    Text Solution

    |

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

    Text Solution

    |

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

    Text Solution

    |

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

    Text Solution

    |

  19. The minimum energy required to ejected an electron from the surface of...

    Text Solution

    |

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

    Text Solution

    |

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

    Text Solution

    |