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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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To solve for the material work function ϕ\phi, first we show that maximum kinetic energy K.EmaxK.E_{\textrm{max}}, for the both red and green wavelengths (λr=670nm)\left(\lambda_{r}=670\textrm{nm}\right), (λg=520nm)\left(\lambda_{g}=520\textrm{nm}\right) can be calculated as:

K.Emax=Epϕ=[hcλr]ϕ\begin{equation} K.E_{\textrm{max}}=E_{p}-{\phi}=\left[\frac{h\textrm{c}}{\lambda_{r}}\right]-{\phi} \end{equation}

and

K.Emax=1.50Epϕ=1.50[hcλg]ϕ\begin{equation} K.E_{\textrm{max}}=1.50E_{p}-{\phi}=1.50\left[\frac{h\textrm{c}}{\lambda_{g}}\right]-{\phi} \end{equation}

Rearranging terms for the equation (2), we get:

0=1.50hcλr,gϕ\begin{align*} 0=-1.50\frac{h{\textrm{c}}}{\lambda_{r,g}}-{\phi} \end{align*}

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