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In the photoelectric effect, if the frequency of the radiation is below a certain cutoff value, no photoelectrons will be observed no matter how intense the radiation is. Why does this fact favour a particle theory of light over a wave theory?

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Assertion: Photoelectric effect shows both the wave like and particle like behaviour of light. Reason : Wave nature of matter is not visible in our daily observations.

Which of the following statements about photoelectric effict is/are false ? (i) It exhibits the particle nature (ii) Electrons are emitted only if the radiation has a frequency above a certain value (iii) All the electrons emitted by radiation of a particular frequency have the same energy (iv) Changing the intensity of radiation changes the maximum energy with which the electrons can be emitted

Photoelectric effect supports quantum nature of light because (a) there is a minimum frequency of light below which no photoelectrons are emitted (b) the maximum kinetic energy of photoelectrons depends only on the frequency of light and not onits intensity (c ) even when the metal surface is faintly illuminated, the photoelectrons leave the surface immediately (d) electric charge of the photoelectrons is quantised

In the photoelectric effect the eletrons are emiited intantaneously from a given matal plate when it is irradiated with radiation of frequency equal to or greater then some minimum ferquency, is called the threshold frequency.According to Planck's idea, light may be considered to be made up discrete particles called photons.Each photon carries energy equal ti hv.When this photon cllides with the electron of the metal, the electron acquires energy of the emitted electron is given by : hv=K.E_("maximum")+PE=(1)/(2)m u^(2)+PE If the incident rediation is of threshold frequency the electron will be emitted without any kinetic energy i.e hv_(0) :.(1)/(2)m u^(2)=hv-hv_(0) A plot of kinetic energy of the emitted electron versus frequency of the incident radiation yields a straight line given as : The number of photoelectrons emitted depends upon :

In the photoelectric effect the eletrons are emiited intantaneously from a given matal plate when it is irradiated with radiation of frequency equal to or greater then some minimum ferquency, is called the threshold frequency.According to Planck's idea, light may be considered to be made up discrete particles called photons.Each photon carries energy equal ti hv.When this photon cllides with the electron of the metal, the electron acquires energy of the emitted electron is given by : hv=K.E_("maximum")+PE=(1)/(2)m u^(2)+PE If the incident rediation is of threshold frequency the electron will be emitted without any kinetic energy i.e hv_(0) :.(1)/(2)m u^(2)=hv-hv_(0) A plot of kinetic energy of the emitted electron versus frequency of the incident radiation yields a straight line given as : A beam of white light is dispersed into its wavelenght components of potassium metal. What of the electron emitted by the different light component ?

In the photoelectric effect the eletrons are emiited intantaneously from a given matal plate when it is irradiated with radiation of frequency equal to or greater then some minimum ferquency, is called the threshold frequency.According to Planck's idea, light may be considered to be made up discrete particles called photons.Each photon carries energy equal ti hv.When this photon cllides with the electron of the metal, the electron acquires energy of the emitted electron is given by : hv=K.E_("maximum")+PE=(1)/(2)m u^(2)+PE If the incident rediation is of threshold frequency the electron will be emitted without any kinetic energy i.e hv_(0) :.(1)/(2)m u^(2)=hv-hv_(0) A plot of kinetic energy of the emitted electron versus frequency of the incident radiation yields a straight line given as : A laser producting monochromatic lights of different wavelenght is uesd to eject electrons from the sheet of glod having threshold frequency 6.15xx10^(14)s^(-1) Which of the following incident rediation will be suitable for the ejecting of electrons ?

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