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One mole contains 6.022 × 10²³ particles — if a mole of seconds passed, it'd be 19 quadrillion years.
Did you know?
One mole contains 6.022 × 10²³ particles — if a mole of seconds passed, it'd be 19 quadrillion years.
Light of frequency times the threshold frequency is incident on a photosensitive material. What will be the photoelectric current if the frequency is halved and intensity is doubled?
Four times
One-fourth
Zero
Doubled
To solve this problem, we need to understand the photoelectric effect and how changes in frequency and intensity affect the photoelectric current.The photoelectric effect is described by the equation:where:• is the energy of the incident photon.• is Planck's constant.• is the frequency of the incident light.• is the threshold frequency.• is the maximum kinetic energy of the emitted electrons.Initially, the frequency of the light is The energy of the incident photons is The kinetic energy of the emitted electrons is:Now, if the frequency is halved, the new frequency is:The energy of the photons with the new frequency is:Since the energy of the photons is less than the work function of the material.Therefore, no electrons will be emitted, and the photoelectric current will be zero.Doubling the intensity does not affect the emission of electrons if the frequency is below the threshold.Intensity affects the number of emitted electrons, not their emission if the frequency is insufficient.Thus, the photoelectric current will be zero.This corresponds to Option 3: Zero.
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