Assignment:
Question 1. (a) What are the wavelength and color of the line in the Balmer spectrum for n2=4?
(b) What are the wavelength and color of the line for n2=5?
a. a) 486.08 nm and blue b) 434.00 nm and violet
b. a) 686.08 nm and red b) 634.00 nm and red
c. a) 386.08 nm and ultra violet b) 334.00 nm and ultra violet
d. a) 586.08 nm and orange b) 534.00 nm and green
Question 2. The peak intensity of the solar spectrum occurs for lamda(max)= 475 nm. What is the temperature of the surface of the sun?
a. 5000 K
b. 6110 K
c. 4211 K
d. 8324 K
Question 3. What is the wavelength of a quantum of light whose energy is 3.50 x 10^-19 J?
a. 658 nm
b. 635 nm
c. 568 nm
d. 865 nm
Question 4. What is the minimum voltage required in an x-ray tube to produce photons whose wavelength is 0.10 nm?
a. 4.12 kV
b. 12.4 kV
c. 65.2 kV
d. 0.124 kV
Question 5. A material has a photoelectric work function of 3.66 eV. What is the maximum speed of photoelectrons ejected from it by light of wavelength 250nm?
a. 677,000 m/s
b. 8200 m/s
c. 8654 m/s
d. 67700 m/s
Question 6. Calculate the second Bohr radius of the hydrogen atom - that is the radius of n=2.
a. 21.2 nm
b. 2.12 nm
c. 0.212 nm
d. 243 nm
Question 7. What is the longest-wavelength photon that can ionize a neutral hydrogen atom initially in the ground, or lowest, enegry state?
a. 91.2 nm
b. 9.12 nm
c. 70.1 nm
d. 52.1 nm
Question 8. The spectral series corresponding to n1= 4 in hydrogen is called the Brackett series in honor of its discoverer. What are the longest and shortest wavelengths in the Brackett series?
a. 4.05 mcm and 1.46 mcm
b. 24.3 mcm and 8.6 mcm
c. 23.1 mcm and 12.5 mcm
d. 54.2 mcm and 32.1 mcm