Monochromatic light from a laser shines onto a gold surface and produces photoelectrons with maximum kinetic energy KEmax = 3 eV. What is the wavelength of the laser light? Assume a work function of 5.10 eV for gold. Please give your answer in units of nm, rounded to 1 decimal place. I.e, the answer you should enter should have the form: XX.X nm.

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Monochromatic light from a laser shines onto a gold surface and produces photoelectrons with maximum kinetic energy KEmax = 3 eV. What is the wavelength of the laser light? Assume a work function of 5.10 eV for gold.
Please give your answer in units of nm, rounded to 1 decimal place. I.e, the answer you should enter should have the form: XX.X nm.

 

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