BCECE Engineering BCECE Engineering Solved Paper-2001

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    Number of photons of wavelength 600 nm emitted per second by an electric bulb of power 50 W is: (Take \[h=6.6\times {{10}^{-34}}J-s\])

    A)  \[{{10}^{19}}\]                                 

    B)  \[2\times {{10}^{20}}\] 

    C)             60                         

    D)         zero

    Correct Answer: B

    Solution :

    Key Idea: Energy of all the photons emitted per second is the power of the bulb. Energy per second or power of bulb is given by \[P=n\,h\,v\] but                         \[v=\frac{c}{\lambda }\] \[\therefore \]                  \[P=\frac{nhc}{\lambda }\] or                            \[n=\frac{P\lambda }{hc}\]                          ?(i) Here \[P=50\,W,\lambda =600\,nm=600\times {{10}^{-9}}m\] \[h=6.6\times {{10}^{-34}}\,J-s,\,c=3\,\times {{10}^{8}}\,m/s\] Substituting the values in Eq. (i), we find \[n=\frac{50\times 600\times {{10}^{-9}}}{6.6\times {{10}^{-34}}\times 3\times {{10}^{8}}}\] \[\approx \,\,2\times {{10}^{20}}\]


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