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Given that

Work function of caesium = 2.14 eV

Incident radiation (energy) E = hf

      Where, h - Planck constant = 6.63* 10^{-34} J and f - threshold frequency of waves.

  

a) the threshold frequency for caesium

      Threshold frequency and work function relation

             Incident radiation must be equivalent to the work function 

                    W = E

                    W = hf

            Threshold frequency f = \frac{W}{h}   

                   f = \frac{2.14 eV}{6.63 * 10^{-34}}

                   f = 5.2* 20^{14} Hz


Hence,  no photoelectrons are ejected for frequencies below this threshold frequency.


b) the wavelength of the incident light if the photocurrent is brought to zero by a stopping potential of 0.60 V

            Potential eV = 0.60 V


Step 1: Sep up an equation for wavelength of the incident light

                  Photoelectric equation

                           eV = hf - W

             Where,   eV = \text{ potential difference } , h - Planck constant = 6.63* 10^{-34} J , f - frequency of waves, and f - work function.


                           eV = \frac{hc}{\lambda} - W                              \because f=\frac{\left(c\right)\text{ speed of light }}{\left(\lambda\right)\text{Wave length }}

                     Wavelength,   \lambda = \frac{hc}{eV + W}


Step 2: Plug in the known values in the above equation            

                 \lambda = \frac{6.63 * 10^{-34} * 3*10^{8}}{0.6 eV + 2.14 eV}

                 \lambda = \frac{19.89 10^{-26}}{2.74}

                 \lambda = 454 nm

      

                Hence, wavelength of the incident light \lambda = 454 nm