CHEMISTRY

DPPS :10 NUMERICAL PROBLEM

1. To cause caesium atom on a metal surface to lose an electron, energy of 2.0102 kJ/mol is required.
Calculate the longest possible wavelength of light that can ionize a caesium atom. What is region of
electromagnetic spectrum in which this radiation is found?

2. Suppose you are an engineer designing a space probe to land on a distant planet. You wish to use a switch
that works by the photoelectric effect. The metal you wish to use in your device requires 6.710-19 J/atom
to remove an electron. You know that the atmosphere of the planet on which your device must work
filters out all wavelengths of light less than 540 nm. Will your device work on this planet in question? Why
or why not?

3. Assume your eyes receive a signal consisting of blur light of wavelength 470 nm. The energy of signal is
2.510-14 J. How many photons reaches to your eyes?

4. A ruby laser produced radiation of wavelength 633 nm in pulses whose duration is one nanosecond. (a) If
the laser produces 0.376 J of energy per pulse, how many photons are produced in each pulse? Calculate
the power delivered by the laser per pulse.

5. A 75W bulb converts only 15% of the energy supplied to it into visible light of wavelength 550 nm. How
many photons are emitted by the light bulb in one second?

6. X-rays with wavelength of 1.5410-10 m are produced when a copper metal target is bombarded with high
energy electrons that have been accelerated by a voltage difference of 30,000 V.
(a) What is the kinetic energy of and de-Broglie wavelength of an electron that has been accelerated by a
potential difference of 30,000 V?
(b) What is the energy of X-rays emitted by the copper target?

7. A minimum energy 7.2110-19 J is required to produce the photoelectric effect in chromium metal.
(a) What is the maximum wavelength of light needed to remove electron from chromium?
(b) Light with wavelength 2.5010-7 m falls on piece of chromium in an evacuated glass tube. What is the
minimum de-Broglie Wavelength of the emitted electrons?

8. Potassium metal can be used as the active surface in a photodiode because electrons are actively easily is
2.15105 J per mol of electrons removed. What is the longest wavelength light (in nm) with quanta of
sufficient energy to eject electrons from potassium photodiode surface?

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