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6.2 Exercise 2

Avg difficulty 2.5

Cut-off frequency for the photoelectric effect in some materials is 8.0×1013Hz.8.0 \times 10^{13} \text{Hz} . When the incident light has a frequency of 1.2×1014Hz,1.2 \times 10^{14} \text{Hz} , the stopping potential is measured as – 0.16 V. Estimate a value of Planck’s constant from these data (in units J·s\text{J} \cdot \text{s} and eV·s\text{eV} \cdot \text{s}) and determine the percentage error of your estimation.

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