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Red light of wavelength 670 nm produces photoelectrons from a certain photoemissive material. Green light of wavelength 520 nm produces photoelectrons from the same material with 1.50 times the maximum kinetic energy. What is the material’s work function?
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1 of 4To solve for the material work function , first we show that maximum kinetic energy , for the both red and green wavelengths , can be calculated as:
and
Rearranging terms for the equation (2), we get:
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