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1.
Express 1 Joule in eV. Taking 1 a.m.u.= 931 MeV, calculate the mass of \(_{ 6 }{ { C }^{ 12 } }\) .
2.
Consider a thin target \(({ 10 }^{ -2 }\)m square, \({ 10 }^{ -3 }\)m thickness) of sodium, which produces a photocurrent of \(100\mu A\) when a light of intensity 100w/\({ m }^{ 2 }\) ( \((\lambda =660nm)\) falls on it. Find the probability that a photoelectron is produced when a photon strikes a sodium atom.[Take density of Na = 0.97 kg/\({ m }^{ 3 }\)
3.
Would the Bohr's formula for the H-atom remains unchanged, if proton had a charge (+4/3) e and electron had a charge (-3/4)e, where e = 1.6 x 10-19 C. Give reasons for your answer.
4.
A particle of mass M at rest decays into two particles of masses \({ m }_{ 1 } \ and \ { m }_{ 2 }\) having non-zero velocities. What is the ratio of the de-Broglie wavelengths of the two particles?
5.
Define ionisation energy. How would the ionisation energy change when electron in hydrogen atom is replaced by a particle 200 times heavier than electron, but having the same charge?
6.
There is a stream of neutrons with a kinetic energy of 0.0327 eV. If the half life of neutrons is 700 seconds, what fraction of neutrons will decay before they travel a distance of 10 m? Given mass of neutron \(=1.675\times { 10 }^{ -27 }kg.\)
7.
10.6eV photons of intensity \(2.0{ W/m }^{ 2 }\)fall on a platinum surface of the area \(1.0\times { 10 }^{ -4 }{ m }^{ 2 }\)and work function 5.6eV, 0.53% of the incident photons eject photoelectrons. Find the number of photoelectrons emitted per second and their minimum and maximum energies
8.
The maximum velocities of the photoelectrons ejected are v and 2v for incident light of wavelength 400nm and 250 nm on a metal surface respectively. Calculate the work function of the metal
9.
Determine the radius of the first orbit of hydrogen atom.What would be the velocity and frequency of electron in this orbit? Given \(h=6.62\times { 10 }^{ -34 }J-s.\quad m=9.1\times { 10 }^{ -31 }kg;\quad e=1.6\times { 10 }^{ -19 }C,\quad k=9\times { 10 }^{ 9 }N{ m }^{ 2 }{ C }^{ -2 }\)
10.
In an \({ e }^{ - }\) transition inside a hydrogen atom, orbital angular momentum may change by (h = Planck constant)
h
\(\frac { h }{ \pi } \)
\(\frac { h }{ 2\pi } \)
\(\frac { h }{ 4\pi } \)
11.
Electrons used in an electron microscope are accelerated by a voltage of 25kV. If the voltage is increased to 100 kV then the de-Broglie wavelength associated with the electrons would
increase by 2 times
decrease by 2 times
decrease by 4 times
increase by 4 times
12.
The half life of a radioactive isotope 'X' is 20 years. It decays to another element 'Y' which is stable. The two elements 'X' and 'Y' were found to be in the ratio 1 : 7 in a sample of a given rock. The age of the rock is estimated to be :
100 years
40 years
60 years
80 years
13.
The de-Broglie wavelength of a particle moving with a velocity \(2.25\times { 10 }^{ 8 }m/s\)is equal to the wavelength of photon. The ratio of kinetic energy of a particle to the energy of the photon is (velocity of light is \(3\times { 10 }^{ 8 }m/s\))
1/8
3/8
5/8
7/8
14.
The activity of a radioactive sample is measured as \({ N }_{ 0 }\) counts per minute at t = 0 and \({ N }_{ 0 }/e\) counts per minute at t = 5 minutes. The time (in minutes) at which the activity reduces to half its value is.
\(\log _{ e }{ 2/5 } \)
\(\frac { 5 }{ \log _{ e }{ 2 } } \)
\(5\log _{ 10 }{ 2 } \)
\(5\log _{ e }{ 2 } \)
15.
A beam of light of wavelength 400nm and power 1.55 mW is directed at the cathode of a photoelectric cell. If only 10% of the incident photons effectively produce photoelectron, then find current due to these electrons. (Given, \( hc=1240eVnm,e=1.6\times { 10 }^{ -19 }C)\)
\(5\mu A\)
\(40\mu A\)
\(50\mu A\)
\(114\mu A\)
16.
A nucleus \(_{ n }{ { X }^{ m } }emits \ one \ \alpha \ particle \ and \ one \ \beta \ particle.\)The mass number and atomic number of product nucleus, are
(m-4),n
(m-4),(n-1)
(m-3),n+1
(m-3),(n-1)
1.
\(1 \ eV=1.602\times { 10 }^{ -19 }joule\)
\( 1.602\times { 10 }^{ -19 } \ joule=1 \ eV\)
\(1 \ joule=\frac { 1 }{ 1.602\times { 10 }^{ -19 } } eV\)
\(1 \ joule=6.242\times { 10 }^{ 18 }eV\)
\((ii) \ From \ E={ mc }^{ 2 }\)
\(m=\frac { E }{ { c }^{ 2 } } \therefore 1\ a.m.u.=\frac { 931\times 1.602\times { 10 }^{ -13 } }{ { \left( 3\times { 10 }^{ 8 } \right) }^{ 2 } }\)
\(=1.66\times { 10 }^{ -27 }kg\)
Now, definition, Mass of \(\ _{ 6 }{ { C }^{ 12 } }=12a.m.u.\)
\(=12\times 1.657\times { 10 }^{ -27 }\ kg=1.99\times { 10 }^{ -26 }kg\)
2.
6 x \({ 10 }^{ 26 }\) Na atoms weights 23 kg.
Volume of target = \({ (10 }^{ -4 }\times{ 10 }^{ -3 })={ 10 }^{ -7 }\) \({ m }^{ 3 }\)
Density of sodium = (d) = 0.97 kg/\({ m }^{ 3 }\)
Volume of \({ 6\times10 }^{ 26 }\) Na atoms = \(\frac { 23 }{ 0.97 } { m }^{ 3 }=23.7{ m }^{ 3 }\)
Volume of occupied of 1 Na atom = \(\frac { 23 }{ 0.97\times6\times{ 10 }^{ 26 } } { m }^{ 3 }\)
\(=3.95\times{ 10 }^{ -26 }=2.53\times{ 10 }^{ 18 }\)
No of sodium atoms in the target
\(=\frac { { 10 }^{ -7 } }{ 3.95\times{ 10 }^{ -26 } } =2.53\times{ 10 }^{ 18 }\)
Number of photons/in the beam for \({ 10 }^{ -4 }{ m }^{ 2 }=n\) Energy per second
\(=nhv={ 10 }^{ -4 }J\times100={ 10 }^{ -2 }W\)
\(hv(for\lambda =660nm)=\frac { 1234.5 }{ 600 }\)
\(=2.05eV=2.05\times1.6\times{ 10 }^{ -19 }\)
\(\\ =3.28\times{ 10 }^{ -19 }J\)
\(n\frac { { 10 }^{ -2 } }{ 3.28\times{ 10 }^{ -19 } } =3.05\times{ 10 }^{ 16/s }\)
\( n=\frac { 1 }{ 3.2 } \times{ 10 }^{ 17 }=3.1\times{ 10 }^{ 16 }\)
If p is the probability of emission per atom , per photon,the number of photoelectrons emitted/second
\(=p\times3.1\times{ 10 }^{ 16 }\times2.53\times{ 10 }^{ 18 }\)
Current \(= p\times3.1\times{ 10 }^{ +16 }\times2.53\times{ 10 }^{ 18 }\times1.6\times{ 10 }^{ -19 }A\)
This must equal \(100\mu A\)
\(p=\frac { 100\times{ 10 }^{ -6 } }{ 1.25\times{ 10 }^{ +16 } } \)
\(\therefore \) \(p=8\times{ 10 }^{ -21 }\)
3.
Accoring to Bohr's theory, centripetal force required by the electron for its motion around the nucleus = Electric force between the proton and electron
\(\frac { mv^{ 2 } }{ r } =\frac { 1 }{ 4\pi \varepsilon _{ 0 } } .\frac { ({ q }_{ p })({ q }_{ e }) }{ { r }^{ 2 } } \) [From Coulomb's law]
where, r-atomic radius,qp = charge of proton = +e
qe = charge of electron = -e
\(\frac { mv^{ 2 } }{ r } =\frac { 1 }{ 4\pi \varepsilon _{ 0 } } .\frac { (e)(-e) }{ { r }^{ 2 } } =\frac { 1 }{ 4\pi \varepsilon _{ 0 } } .\frac { -e^{ 2 } }{ { r }^{ 2 } } \)
Now, given charge on proton, \({ q }_{ p }=+\frac { 4 }{ 3 } e\)
Charge on electron \({ q }_{ e }=-\frac { 3 }{ 4 } e\)
putting the new value (keeping after factors unchanged),
\(\frac { mv^{ 2 } }{ r } =\frac { 1 }{ 4\pi \varepsilon _{ 0 } } .\frac { \left( \frac { 4 }{ 3 } e \right) \left( -\frac { 3 }{ 4 } e \right) }{ { r }^{ 2 } } =\frac { 1 }{ 4\pi \varepsilon _{ 0 } } .\frac { -e^{ 2 } }{ { r }^{ 2 } } \)
i.e. Bohr's formula remain unchanged.
4.
Let v1 and v2 be the velocities of the two particles of masses m1 and m2 respectively
According to law of conservation of linear momentum \(\ { m }_{ 1 }\overset { \rightarrow }{ { v }_{ 1 } } +{ m }_{ 2 }\overset { \rightarrow }{ { v }_{ 2 } } =M\times 0=0 \)
\( { m }_{ 1 }\overset { \rightarrow }{ { v }_{ 1 } } =-{ m }_{ 2 }\overset { \rightarrow }{ { v }_{ 2 } } \ or \ \left| { m }_{ 1 }\overset { \rightarrow }{ { v }_{ 1 } } \right| =\left| { m }_{ 2 }\overset { \rightarrow }{ { v }_{ 2 } } \right| \)
\( { \lambda }_{ 1 }=\frac { h }{ { m }_{ 1 }{ v }_{ 1 } } and{ \lambda }_{ 2 }=\frac { h }{ { m }_{ 2 }{ v }_{ 2 } } \)
\(or \ \frac { { \lambda }_{ 1 } }{ { \lambda }_{ 2 } } =\frac { { m }_{ 2 }{ v }_{ 2 } }{ { m }_{ 1 }{ v }_{ 1 } } =1\)
5.
Ionisation energy is the minimum energy required to knock out an electron from an atom.Its value will be different for different atoms. Ionisation energy will also depend on the orbit from which electron is to be removed.
When an electron in hydrogen atom is replaced by a particle 200 times heavier than electron but having the same charge, ionisation energy will not change, as it depends only on charge and not on mass of particle.
6.
\(Here; \ K.E.=\frac { 1 }{ 2 } { m\upsilon }^{ 2 }=0.0327 \ eV=0.0327\times 1.6\times { 10 }^{ -19 }J\)
\(\\ or \ \ \frac { 1 }{ 2 } \times \left( 1.675\times { 10 }^{ -27 } \right) \times { \upsilon }^{ 2 }=0.0327\times 1.6\times { 10 }^{ -19 }\)
\(On \ solving, \ we \ get \ \upsilon \ = \ 2.5\times { 10 }^{ 3 }m/s.\)
\(Time, \ t=\frac { distance }{ velocity } =\frac { 10 }{ 2.5\times { 10 }^{ 3 } } =4\times { 10 }^{ -3 }s\)
\(Now \ N={ N }_{ 0 }{ \left( \frac { 1 }{ 2 } \right) }^{ t/T }or \ \frac { N }{ { N }_{ 0 } } ={ \left( \frac { 1 }{ 2 } \right) }^{ t/T }={ \left( \frac { 1 }{ 2 } \right) }^{ \frac { 4\times { 10 }^{ -3 } }{ 700 } }=0.999952\)
\(\therefore \ Fraction \ of \ neutron \ decayed \ = \ 1-0.999952 \ = \ 0.000048\)
7.
\(6.25\times { 10 }^{ 11 }{ s }^{ -1 },0,5.0eV\)
8.
\(Given \ h=6.6\times { 10 }^{ -34 }Js \ and \ c=3\times { 10 }^{ 8 }{ ms }^{ -1 }\)
2.486 eV
9.
\(0.53\mathring { A } ;2.19\times { 10 }^{ 6 }{ ms }^{ -1 };6.6\times { 10 }^{ 15 }Hz\)
10.
(b)
\(\frac { h }{ \pi } \)
11.
(b)
decrease by 2 times
12.
(c)
60 years
13.
(b)
3/8
14.
15.
(c)
\(50\mu A\)
16.
(b)
(m-4),(n-1)
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