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Grade 8General Physics

if the energy of a photon is 25 eV and work function of the material is 7 eV ,then find the value of stopping potential.

Profile image of prasanjeet kumar
12 Years agoGrade 8
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Profile image of Apoorva Arora
12 Years ago
The energy of the photon incident on the metal surface is 25 eV out of which 7 eV is used for knocking out the electron, the rest 18 eV goes into being the KE of the emitted electron. So atleast 18 V of potential is applied to stop the electron and hence the stopping potential is 18V.
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5 Years ago
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