Electromagnetic radiation with a frequency of 8.6 ' 1014 hz incident on an unknown metal surface causes ejection of photoelectrons with kinetic energies of 1.3 ' 10-19 j. what is the unknown metal?

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Ghoulie

18 November, 17:10

Electromagnetic radiation with a frequency of 8.6 ' 1014 hz incident on an unknown metal surface causes ejection of photoelectrons with kinetic energies of 1.3 ' 10-19 j. what is the unknown metal?

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Roberto Lopez · Answer 1

This looks like the photo electric effect and Einstein's equation to "solve" it.

Energy of the photon is E = h frequency, h is planck's constant. Hopefully that will come out in Joules. Then, if you subtract from the photon energy the KE of the electron what's left is the work function of the metal. from that, and a table of them, you can work out which metal it is. (For some reason, my mind thinks "sodium".)