Sodium has a work function of 2.36eV. If a beam of monochromatic 442-nm light is incident upon a sample of sodium, will electrons be ejected? At what speed?
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Expert's answer
2019-04-10T09:43:52-0400
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f0=hϕ=4.135(10)−15eVs2.36eV=5.71⋅1014Hz.
f=λc=442⋅10−9m3⋅108sm=6.78⋅1014Hz.
Since,
f>f0
the electrons will be ejected from the surface of the sodium.
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