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Chapter 1 Quantum Physics

Problems
1. If he effective surface temperature of the sun is  , at
What wavelength would you expect the sun to radiate most
strongly?

2. At What temperature is cavity radiation most visible to human


eye if the eye is most sensitive to yellow - green light,
wavelength   ?

3. Under ideal conditions the normal human eye will record a


visual sensation at if incident photons are absorbed at a
rate as low as . To what power level does this
correspond
4. An oven with an inside temperature    is in a room
having a temperature    . There is a - small opening of
area  in one side of the oven. How much net power is
transferred from the oven to the room? (Hint: Consider both
oven and room as cavities)

5. A sodium surface is illuminated with light of wavelength 0.300


µm. The work function for sodium is 2.46 eV.
a) Calculate the energy of each photon in electron volts,
b) The maximum kinetic energy of the ejected photoelectrons,
and
c) The cutoff wavelength for sodium.

6. Calculate the energy in electron volts of a photon having a


wavelength
a) in the microwave range, 5.00 cm,
b) in the visible light range, 500 nm, and
c) in the x-ray range, 5.00 nm.

7. A certain light source is found to emit radiation whose peak


value has a frequency of 1.00 x 1015 Hz. Find the temperature of
the source assuming that it is a blackbody radiator.

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8. The photocurrent of a photocell is cut off by a retarding


potential of 2.92 V for radiation of wavelength 250 nm. Find the
work function for the material.

9. The work function for potassium is 2.24 eV. If potassium metal


is illuminated with light of wavelength 350 nm, find
a) The maximum kinetic energy of the photoelectrons and
b) The cutoff wavelength.

10. Molybdenum has a work function of 4.2 eV.


a) Find the cutoff wavelength and threshold frequency for the
photoelectric effect.
b) Calculate the stopping potential if the incident light has a
wavelength of 200 nm.

11. X- 0 =0.200 000 nm are scattered from a


block of material. The scattered x-rays are observed at an angle
of 45.0° to the incident beam.
a) Calculate the wavelength of the x-rays scattered at this
angle.
b) Compute the fractional change in the energy of a photon
in the collision.

12. Calculate the fractional change in the wavelength of an Xray of


0
Compton scattering from an
electron.

13. Find the energy and the momentum of X-ray photon whose
wavelength is 2 x 10-11 m.

14. Abeam of 0.2 MeV photons is scattered by the electrons in a


carbon target. Calculate:
a)
o
b)
c) The energy of the scattered photons that emerge at angle
of 60o relative to the incident direction.

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