Question

Zinc has a work function of 4.30 ev .

A 4.50eV photon strikes the surface and an electron is emitted. What is the maximum possible speed of the electron?

Nov 28, 2011

bobpursley

convert .2ev to joules, then
set it equal to 1/2 mv^2, and solve for v

Nov 28, 2011

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