JEE Main & Advanced JEE Main Paper (Held On 12 April 2014)

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    A beam of light has two wavelengths of \[\text{497200}\overset{\text{o}}{\mathop{\text{A}}}\,\] and \[\text{6216}\overset{\text{o}}{\mathop{\text{A}}}\,\] with a total intensity of \[3.6\times {{10}^{-3}}W{{m}^{-2}}\] equally distributed among the two wavelengths. The beam falls normally on an area of 1 \[c{{m}^{2}}\] of a clean metallic surface of work function 2.3 eV. Assume that there is no loss of light by reflection and that each capable photon ejects one electron. The number of photoelectrons liberated in 2s is approximately:   [JEE Main Online Paper ( Held On 12 Apirl  2014 )

    A) \[6\times {{10}^{11}}\]                 

    B) \[9\times {{10}^{11}}\]

    C) \[11\times {{10}^{11}}\]                               

    D) \[15\times {{10}^{11}}\]

    Correct Answer: B

    Solution :

    Given, \[{{\lambda }_{1}}=4972{A}\]and \[{{\lambda }_{2}}=6216{A}\] and \[I=3.6\times {{10}^{-3}}W{{m}^{-2}}\] Intensity associated with each wavelength \[=\frac{3.6\times {{10}^{-3}}}{2}\]\[=1.8\times {{10}^{-3}}W{{m}^{-2}}\] work function \[\phi =hv\]\[=\frac{hc}{\lambda }\] \[=\frac{\left( 6.62\times {{10}^{-34}} \right)\left( 3\times {{10}^{8}} \right)}{\lambda }\]\[=\frac{12.4\times {{10}^{3}}}{\lambda }ev\] for different wavelengths \[\phi {{  }_{1}}=\frac{12.4\times {{10}^{3}}}{{{\lambda }_{1}}}=\frac{12.4\times {{10}^{3}}}{4972}=2.493eV\] \[=3.984\times {{10}^{-19}}J\] \[\phi {{  }_{2}}=\frac{12.4\times {{10}^{3}}}{{{\lambda }_{2}}}=\frac{12.4\times {{10}^{3}}}{6216}=1.994eV\] \[=3.184\times {{10}^{-19}}J\] Work function for metallic surface \[\phi =2.3eV\] (given) \[{{\phi }_{2}}<\phi \] Therefore, \[{{\phi }_{2}}\]will not contribute in this process. Now, no. of electrons per \[{{m}^{2}}-s=\] no. of photons per \[{{m}^{2}}-s\] no. of electrons per \[{{m}^{2}}-s=\frac{1.8\times {{10}^{-3}}}{3.984\times {{10}^{-19}}}\times {{10}^{-4}}\] \[\left( \because 1c{{m}^{2}}={{10}^{-4}}{{m}^{2}} \right)\]\[=0.45\times {{10}^{12}}\] So, the number of photo electrons liberated in 2 sec. \[=0.45\times {{10}^{12}}\times 2\] \[=9\times {{10}^{11}}\]


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