Chapter 38: Answers to Stop to Think Questions and Odd-Numbered Exercises and Problems

Stop to Think Questions

  1. 1. VA>VB>VC. For a given wavelength of light, electrons are ejected with more kinetic energy for metals with smaller work functions because it takes less energy to remove an electron. Faster electrons need a larger negative voltage to stop them.

  2. 2. d. Photons always travel at c, and a photon’s energy depends only on the light’s frequency, not its intensity.

  3. 3. n=4. There are four antinodes.

  4. 4. Not in absorption. In emission from the n=3 to n=2 transition. The photon energy has to match the energy difference between two energy levels. Absorption is from the ground state, at E1=0.00 eV. There’s no energy level at 3.00 eV to which the atom could jump.

  5. 5. n=3. Each antinode is half a wavelength, so this standing wave has three full wavelengths in one circumference.

Exercises and Problems

  1. 1.

    1. Sodium, potassium

    2. All metals except gold

  2. 3. 223 nm

  3. 5. 1.78 eV

  4. 7.

    1. 2.26 eV

    2. 0.166 nm

  5. 9.

    1. 1.5×1029 photon/s

    2. Electromagnetic wave

  6. 11. 1.44

  7. 13. 1.×1019 photon/s

  8. 15. 86°

  9. 17. 6.0×10−6 V

  10. 19.

    1. 1.1×10−34 m

    2. 1.7×10−23 m/s

  11. 21. 6

  12. 23. 2.1 MeV, 8.2 MeV, 19 MeV

  13. 25.

    1. Yes

    2. 0.50 eV

  14. 27.

  15. 29.

  16. 31.

    1. 31

    2. 7.06×104 m/s, −0.0142 eV

  17. 33. 97.26 nm, 486.3 nm, 4876 nm

  18. 35. 97.26 nm

  19. 37. 1.24 V

  20. 39. 4.3×10−10 W

  21. 41.

    1. 5.56×1014 Hz, 1.23×1015 Hz

    2. 540 nm, 244 nm

    3. 10.8×105 m/s

    4. 4.4×105 m/s

    5. 3.35 V, 0.55 V

  22. 43.

    1. Potassium

    2. 4.24×10−15 eVs

  23. 45. 71 MeV

  24. 47.

    1. 1.3×108 m/s

    2. 5.5 μm

  25. 49. 0.35 nm

  26. 51. 18 fm

  27. 53. 9.0×10−8 eV

  28. 55.

  29. 59. 657 nm

  30. 61.

    1. 0.362 m

    2. 0.000368 nm

  31. 63.

  32. 65. 3→2: 10.28 nm, 4→2: 7.62 nm, 5→2: 6.80 nm; all ultraviolet

  33. 67. 44,200 m/s

  34. 69. 8.6 mm

  35. 71.

    1. 1.0 m/s

    2. 3.2°

    3. 1.1 cm

  36. 73. 70 nK