Dual Nature Of Radiation And Matter Ques 31

31. Photoelectric emmision occurs only when the incident light has more than a certain minimum

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(a) power

(c) intensity

(b) wavelength

(d) frequency

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Answer:

Correct Answer: 31.(d)

Solution:

  1. (d) For occurence of photoelectric effect, the incident light should have frequency more than a certain minimum which is called the threshold frequency $(v_0)$.

We have, $\frac{1}{2} mv^{2}=h v-h v_0$

For photoelectric effect emission $n>n_0$ where $n$ is the frequency of the incident light.