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Jane asked in Science & MathematicsPhysics · 5 days ago

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 Light is incident of the surface of metallic sodium, whose work function is 2.3 eV. The maximum speed of the photoelectrons emitted by the surface is 1.10 × 106 m/s. What is the wavelength of the light?

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    KE = hc/λ - Φ

    ½*9.11e-31kg*(1.10e6m/s)² =

    6.626e-34kg·m²/s * 3e8m/s / λ - 2.3*1.6e-19J

    solves to λ = 2.16e-7 m or 216 nm

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