In a photoemission experiment, the maximum kinetic energies of photoelectrons from metals , and are , and , respectively, and they are related by . In this experiment, the same source of monochromatic light is used for metals and while a different source of monochromatic light is used for the metal . The work functions for metals , and are 4.0 eV, 4.5 eV and 5.5 eV, respectively. The energy of the incident photon used for metal , in eV, is ____.
← JEE Advanced 2021 · Paper 2
PhysicsInteger+4Question 19 of 57
JEE Advanced 2021 · Paper 2, Physics question 19
Answer and worked solution
Official answer: 6
P and Q (same photon energy ):
With : , so eV. Then eV and eV.
R. eV, so the photon used for R has energy
Topics:Photoelectric effect