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1. A photon of light has a frequency 5 x 10¹⁶Hz.

Answer the following questions.

1.1. What is meant by the term "frequency"?

number of cycles per second
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1.2. Are light waves longitudinal or transverse? Name the experiment that proves this.

Transverse
Polarisation
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1.3. Calculate the energy of this photon.

E = hf
E = (6,63 x 10^-34)(5 x 10¹⁶)
E = 3,315 x 10^-17J
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1.4. Calculate the wavelength of this photon.

c = fλ
3 x 10⁸ = 5 x 10¹⁶λ
λ = 6 x 10^-9m
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1.5 Calculate the period.

2. A photon of light has wavelength of 4 x 10^-8m.

Answer the following.

2.1 Calculate the frequency.

v = fλ
3 x 10⁸ = f(4 x 10^-8)
f = 7,5 x 10¹⁵Hz
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2.2 Calculate the energy of the photon

E = hf
E = (6,63 x 10^-34)(7,5 x 10¹⁵)
E = 4,97 x 10^-18J
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3. What is meant by "the photoelectric effect"?

The emmision of electrons from the surface of a substance by the action of light.
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4. What is meant by the term "work function?"

This is the minimum amount of energy needed to free an electron from that substance.
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5. What does the photoelectric effect tell us about the nature of light?

Light has a particle nature.
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6. What is meant by "threshold frequency"?

This is the lowest frequency of light that can cause ejection of electrons from a substance.
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7. What is meant by "quanta"?

• packages of energy (energy unit)
• radiated energy is quantized
• it exists in multiples of a smallest possible value
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8. What are "photons"?

• quanta of electromagnetic radiation
• the incoming (incident) light
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9. What are "photoelectrons"?

These are simply the electrons that are ejected from the metal by the action of light (photons).
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