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Figure below shows a mercury vapour lamp, which emits ultraviolet light held over a negatively charged electroscope:

Figure below shows a mercury vapour lamp, which emits ultraviolet light held over a
negatively charged electroscope:
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(i) What happens to the leaf after the lamp is switched on?
(ii) Explain why it happens
(iii) If the experiment is repeated with equally bright red light held the same distance from the
plate in place of the mercury vapour lamp, what effect would this have on the leaf?
Give a reason

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sharon
i) The leaf falls Collapses
(ii) The electrons are repelled causing the leaf potential to decrease
(iii) NO effect on the leaf. Light emitted by red light doesn’t have enough energy to cause
photoelectric effect.
sharon kalunda answered the question on April 5, 2019 at 05:45

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