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(a)
The power absorbed by a sodium atom in watts when a light incident on the area of a single sodium atom is at the metal’s surface. The radius of the sodium atom is
(b)
The time after which an electron will escape the surface of the sodium atom because of the accumulation of energy from the light incident on it, and if the radius of the sodium atom is
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