Photoelectric emission takes place from a certain metal at threshold frequency ' $v$ '. If the radiation of…

Photoelectric emission takes place from a certain metal at threshold frequency ' $v$ '. If the radiation of frequency ' $2 v$ ' is incident on the metal plate, the maximum velocity of the emitted photoelectron will be ( $\mathrm{m}=$ mass of electron, $\mathrm{h}$ = Planck's constant)
  1. $\sqrt{\frac{2 \mathrm{hv}}{\mathrm{m}}}$
  2. $\sqrt{\frac{\mathrm{hv}}{2 \mathrm{~m}}}$
  3. $\sqrt{\frac{\mathrm{hv}}{3 \mathrm{~m}}}$
  4. $\sqrt{\frac{\mathrm{hv}}{\mathrm{m}}}$

Solution

Einstein's photo electric equation Concept: The maximum kinetic energy of photoelectron is written: $\frac{1}{2} \mathrm{mv}_{\mathrm{m}}^2 \leq \mathrm{hv}-\theta$ The threshold frequency is given by $\mathrm{hv}_{\mathrm{c}}=\theta$ Given, $\mathrm{v}_{\mathrm{c}}=\mathrm{v}$, now for radiation with frequency $2 \mathrm{v}$ $\begin{aligned} & \frac{1}{2} \mathrm{mv}_{\mathrm{m}}^2 \leq \mathrm{h}(2 \mathrm{v}-\mathrm{h}(\mathrm{v})) \\ & \Rightarrow \mathrm{v}_{\mathrm{m}} \sqrt{\frac{2 \mathrm{hv}}{\mathrm{m}}} \end{aligned}$ Option (A) is correct.

Asked in: MHT CET 2022 (08 Aug Shift 2)

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