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Question 21M.2.HL.TZ1.b

Date	May 2021	Marks available	[Maximum mark: 2]	Reference code	21M.2.HL.TZ1.b
Level	HL	Paper	2	Time zone	TZ1
Command term	Show that	Question number	b	Adapted from	N/A

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21M.2.HL.TZ1.b

In an electric circuit used to investigate the photoelectric effect, the voltage is varied until the reading in the ammeter is zero. The stopping voltage that produces this reading is 1.40 V.

Show that the maximum velocity of the photoelectrons is $700 {km s}^{- 1}$ .

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« $e V = \frac{1}{2} m v^{2}$ » and manipulation to get $v$ ✓

$v = \sqrt{\frac{2 \times 1.6 \times 10^{- 19} \times 1.4}{9.1 \times 10^{- 31}}}$ OR $702 « {km s}^{- 1} »$ ✓

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