PRE-U TEXT PHYSICS VOLUME 2 ISBN: 978 983 3879 85 4

PRE-U TEXT
Physics Volume 2

Chapter 28 Photons
Practice 28

At the end of this chapter you must know the following:

Photoelectric Effect

Concept of Light Quantisation

STPM : 1999, P1/Q29; 2002, P1/Q5; 2005, P1/Q15; 2005, P1/Q16; 2005, P1/Q18
Reference : Pages 235 to 236

Guide

Photoelectric

Photoelectric effect A phenomenon whereby when electromagnetic

radiation is incident upon the surface of metal, electrons are ejected from the

surface.

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Work function

Definition The mimimum energy required to remove an electron from

a metallic surface

Unit = eV

Concept of Light Quantisation

Photons are streams of particles that carry quantized electromagnetic

radiation

E = hf E = radiation energy

H = Planck constant

f = frequency

The photoelectric equation

hf = KEmax + Einsteins equation for photoelectric effect

= hf0 f0 = threshold frequency

KEmax = h(f - f0) When KEmax = 0, f becomes f0

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