You are preforming a photoelectric effect experiment and find that the minimum stopping voltage for an unknown wavelength of light is 3.1 V. a)what was the maximum kinetic energy of an electron that was ejected from the source plate (in joules and eV) b)the binding energy of the source electrode is 2.6eV. What is the minimum energy of incident light that will give an electron the kinetic energy you solved for in part a. c)what are the frequency and the wavelength of light with this energy?

You are preforming a photoelectric effect experiment and find that the minimum stopping voltage for an unknown wavelength of light is 3.1 V. a)what was the maximum kinetic energy of an electron that was ejected from the source plate (in joules and eV) b)the binding energy of the source electrode is 2.6eV. What is the minimum energy of incident light that will give an electron the kinetic energy you solved for in part a. c)what are the frequency and the wavelength of light with this energy?

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Chapter5: Matter Waves

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