Chapter_3_Soln_2

9 Molybdenum has a work function of 4.2eV.
(a) Find the cut off wavelength and cut off

frequency for the photoelectric effect. (b) What is the stopping potential if the incident
light has wavelength of 180 nm?
Ans: 296 nm, 1.01 x 1015 Hz, 2.71 V
10 Electrons are ejected from a metallic surface with speeds up to 4.60 x 105 m/s when light
with a wavelength of 625 nm is used. (a) What is the work function of the surface? (b)
What is the cut-off frequency for this surface?
Ans: 1.38 eV, 3.34 x 1014 Hz
11 The stopping potential for photoelectrons released from a metal is 1.48 V larger
compared to that in another metal. If the threshold frequency for the first metal is
40.0 % smaller than for the second metal, determine the work function for each
metal.
Ans: 3.70 eV, 2.22 eV
12 Two light sources are used in a photoelectric experiment to determine the work function
for a metal surface. When green light from a mercury lamp ( = 546.1 nm) is used, a
stopping potential of 0.376 V reduces the photocurrent to zero. (a) Based on this what is
the work function of this metal? (b) What stopping potential would be observed when
using the yellow light from a helium discharge tube ( = 587.5 nm)?
Ans: 1.90 eV, 0.215 V
13 X-rays of wavelength o = 0.20 nm are scattered from a block of material. The scattered
X-rays are observed at an angle of 45° to the incident beam. Calculate their wavelength.
What if we move the detector so that scattered X-rays are detected at an angle larger than
45°? Does the wavelength of the scattered X-rays increase or decrease as the angle 
increase?
Ans: 0.200710 nm, INCREASES
14 Calculate the energy and momentum of a photon of wavelength 700 nm.

Ans: 1.78 eV, 9.47 x 10–28kg.m/s
15 A 0. 00160 nm photon scatters from a free electron. For what photon scattering
angle does the recoiling electron have kinetic energy equal to the energy of the
scattered photon?
Ans: 70°
16 A 0.880 MeV photon is scattered by a free electron initially at rest such that the
scattering angle of the scattered electron is equal to that of the scattered photon ( = ).
(a) Determine the angles  & . (b) Determine the energy and momentum of the
scattered electron and photon.
Ans: 43°, 43°, 0.602 MeV, 3.21 x 10–22 kg.m/s, 0.278 MeV, 3.21 x 10–22 kg.m/s
17 Calculate the de- Broglie wavelength for an electron moving at 1.0 x 107 m/s.
Ans: 7.28 x 10–11 m
18 A rock of mass 50 g is thrown with a speed of 40 m/s. What is its de Broglie

wavelength?
Ans: 3.3 x 10–34 m
19 A particle of charge q and mass m has been accelerated from rest to a nonrelativistic
speed through a potential difference of V. Find an expression for its de Broglie
wavelength.
Ans: λ =
20 (a) An electron has a kinetic energy of 3.0 eV. Find its wavelength. (b) Also find the
wavelength of a photon having the same energy.
Ans: 7.09 x 10–10 m, 4.14 x 10–7 m
21 In the Davisson-Germer experiment, 54.0 eV electrons were diffracted from a nickel

lattice. If the first maximum in the diffraction pattern was observed at = 50.0°, what
was the lattice spacing a between the vertical rows of atoms in the figure?
Ans: 2.18 x 10–10 m
22 Consider a freely moving quantum particle with mass m and speed u. Its energy is E= K=
mu2/2. Determine the phase speed of the quantum wave representing the particle and
show that it is different from the speed at which the particle transports mass and energy.
Ans: vGROUP = u ≠ vPHASE
23 Electrons are incident on a pair of narrow slits 0.060 m apart. The ‘bright bands’ in the
interference pattern are separated by 0.40 mm on a ‘screen’ 20.0 cm from the slits.
Determine the potential difference through which the electrons were accelerated to give
this pattern.
Ans: 105 V
24 The speed of an electron is measured to be 5.00 x 103 m/s to an accuracy of 0.0030%.
Find the minimum uncertainty in determining the position of this electron.
Ans: 0.383 mm
25 The lifetime of an excited atom is given as 1.0 x 10-8 s. Using the uncertainty
principle, compute the line width f produced by this finite lifetime?
Ans: 8.0 x 106 Hz
26 Use the uncertainty principle to show that if an electron were confined inside an
atomic nucleus of diameter 2 x 10–15 m, it would have to be moving relativistically,
while a proton confined to the same nucleus can be moving nonrelativistically.
Ans: vELECTRON  0.99996 c, vPROTON  1.8 x 107 m/s
27 Find the minimum kinetic energy of a proton confined within a nucleus having a
diameter of 1.0 x 10–15 m.
Ans: 5.2 MeV

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9 Molybdenum has a work function of 4.2eV.

(a) Find the cut off wavelength and cut off

14 Calculate the energy and momentum of a photon of wavelength 700 nm.

18 A rock of mass 50 g is thrown with a speed of 40 m/s. What is its de Broglie

21 In the Davisson-Germer experiment, 54.0 eV electrons were diffracted from a nickel

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