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JEE Advanced 2023 — Paper 1 — Question 24

A Hydrogen-like atom has atomic number Z. Photons emitted in the electronic transitions from level n=4\mathrm{n}=4 to level n=3n=3 in these atoms are used to perform photoelectric effect experiment on a target metal. The maximum kinetic energy of the photoelectrons generated is 1.95 eV . If the photoelectric threshold wavelength for the target metal is 310 nm , the value of Z is [0pt] [Given: hc =1240eV−nm=1240 \mathrm{eV}-\mathrm{nm} and Rhc=13.6eV\mathrm{Rhc}=13.6 \mathrm{eV}, where R is the Rydberg constant, h is the Planck's constant and cc is the speed of light in vacuum]

Answer: 3

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Step-by-step solution

ΔE=E4−E3\Delta \mathrm{E}=\mathrm{E}_{4}-\mathrm{E}_{3} hv=13.6z2(19−116)=13.6×79×16(z2)\mathrm{h} v=13.6 \mathrm{z}^{2}\left(\frac{1}{9}-\frac{1}{16}\right)=13.6 \times \frac{7}{9 \times 16}\left(\mathrm{z}^{2}\right) KEmax =hν−ϕ\mathrm{KE}_{\text {max }}=\mathrm{h} \nu-\phi 1.95=hν−12403101.95=h \nu-\frac{1240}{310} hν=1.95+4h \nu=1.95+4 ⇒5.95=13.6×79×16(z2)\Rightarrow 5.95=13.6 \times \frac{7}{9 \times 16}\left(\mathrm{z}^{2}\right) z2=9z^{2}=9 z=3\mathrm{z}=3

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Exam
JEE Advanced 2023
Paper
Paper 1
Subject
Physics
Chapter
Atomic Physics
Topic
Photoelectric Effect
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