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AA - Physics A Level Y12 > Topic 5b - Waves And The Particle Nature Of Light > Flashcards

Topic 5b - Waves And The Particle Nature Of Light Flashcards

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Explain why electron accelerates to positive terminal using force and then energy transfers

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Give the equation for wavelength in terms of h and two other things and derive it

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Lambda = h/m x v
E =m c ^2
E = h x f
Equalise them

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What kind of behaviour do electrons exhibit when they pass through a double slit

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Diffraction and interference - wave behaviour

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In the double slit experiment what are the size of the slits compared to the size of electrons

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Similar to wavelength of electron

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Explain what electrons diffracting tells us about the properties of electrons

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Give plank’s constant

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6.63x10^-34 Js

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What things is v = f lambda ok for? What equation should be used if v = f l can’t be used?

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  • things without mass
  • lamdba = h/mv (use for electrons as they have mass or particles that exhibit wave behaviour)
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Why do electrons need high energies to investigate the structure of protons?

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  • high energy electrons have a short de broglie wavelength
  • the wavelength needs to be less than the proton size
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What is the energy of a wave determined by?

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Amplitude - only (not frequency)

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Define intensity

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Power per unit area

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What is intensity dictated by for a wave?

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Amplitude (as amplitude determines energy)

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12
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What is intensity of wave proportional to?

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Amplitude ^2

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What is a photon \

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A DISCRETEpacket of electromagnetic ENEGRY

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14
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What is the photoelectric effect evidence for

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That light can behave as a particle

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Describe the energy transfers in the photoelectric effect

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  • ENEGRY from the photon is transferred to the electron
  • it first uses this ENEGRY to escape the metal surface
    Any leftover ENEGRY is converted to kinetic ENEGRY with which the electron moves away
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What would be expected by the wave model about the time for the ENEGRY to be transferred from the light to the electron

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A wave transfers energy over time (it would be non-instantaneous)

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What is the equation for energy of a photon/electron linking h and f

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E = h f

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What is expected by the wave model about how long it takes for electrons to be released from the metal surface - what is instead observed?

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  • the energy would take time to be transferred from the light to the electron - the electrons are released instantaneously from the metal surface
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How does the observation of electrons being released instantaneously from the metal surface lead to the particle model of light

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One electron absorbs one photon, absorbing its energy as a packet

20
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What is expected from the wave model and what is actually observed about the kinetic ENEGRY of the electrons

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The kinetic energy of the electron should be dependent on the intensity of the light, as intensity is related to the ENEGRY of the light in the wave model

However the kinetic ENEGRY of the electrons is dependent on the frequency of incident light, not intensity

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What does the observation that kinetic energy of photons is dependent on the frequency of incident light rather than its intensity show about our model of light?

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It leads to the particle model of light as the ENEGRY of a photon equals hf

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What is expected by the wave model and what is instead observed about the frequency of light and its relationship to the emission of electrons in the photoelectric effect

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  • any frequency of light should release electrons as long as intensity is high enough (ENEGRY in the wave model is dependent on intensity)
  • however in reality only light above a certain threshold value will cause electron emission
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Why does the observation that only light above a certain threshold frequency value will cause emission of electrons lead to teh particle model of light

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The minimum photon ENEGRY to release an electron from the metal surface is equal to the work function (phi) of the metal. This means there is a minimum threshold frequency f = phi/h required to release the electron

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What would be expected by the wave model if intensity of light increased in the photoelectric effect and what actually happens?

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  • should increase ENEGRY of emitted electrons
  • in reality it increases the number of electrons emitted per second
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Why does the observation that increasing the intensity of light increases the number of electrons emitted per second

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  • intensity = number of photons x energy of one photon / (time x area)
  • intensity = power/area = rate of ENEGRY transfer per second/area
    I = Nhf/tA
    So intensity is directly proportional to number of photons per second
  • as one photon is absorbed by one electron this is also proportional to the number of electrons released per second
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What is the work function?

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The minimum photon ENEGRY to release an electron from the metal surface is

27
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What is the minimum threshold frequency

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F = phi/h

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What is the equation linking intensity, number of photons

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I = Nhf/tA

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Intensity = what (in terms of number of photons emitted)

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Nhf/tA

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Give an equation showing ENEGRY conservation when an incident photon hits a metal surface and an electron is emitted

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ENEGRY of incident photon = work function + kinetic ENEGRY of emitted photon
hf = phi + Ekmax

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Electrons experience electrostatic forces of attraction to different/the same extent when they are in the surface

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Different

33
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What is the work function

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The minimum amount of photon ENEGRY for an electron to escape a metal surface

34
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What is threshold frequency

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Minimum photon frequency to allow photons to be released from the metal surface

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What is an equation linking threshold frequency, work function and planks constant?

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F nought = phi / h

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