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PHOTOELECTRIC EFFECT 1
Photoelectric Effect
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PHOTOELECTRIC EFFECT 2
Photoelectric Effect
When electromagnetic radiation, such as light, strikes a material, it causes electrons to
be emitted. Photoelectrons are electrons that are emitted in this way. According to Scientific
American, light with an energy above a particular threshold can be utilized to knock electrons
away from a solid metal surface. When a photon collides with an electron, some of its energy
is used to remove the electron. The photon's remaining energy is transferred to a free negative
charge known as a photoelectron. Einstein also used quantum theory to explain the
photoelectric effect (Güémez and Fiolhais, 2018). According to Planck's formula, light is a
beam of particles whose energies are related to their frequencies. The photons collide with
the atoms when the beam is directed towards a metal. The photoelectric effect occurs when
the frequency of a photon is high enough to knock an electron loose. Because light is
packaged into photons, Einstein hypothesized that when a photon collides with a metal's
surface, the entire photon's energy is transferred to the electron.

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PHOTOELECTRIC EFFECT 1 Photoelectric Effect Student’s name institution PHOTOELECTRIC EFFECT 2 Photoelectric Effect When electromagnetic radiation, such as light, strikes a material, it causes electrons to be emitted. Photoelectrons are electrons that are emitted in this way. According to Scientific American, light with an energy above a particular threshold can be utilized to knock electrons away from a solid metal surface. When a photon collides with an electron, some of its energy is used to remove the electron. The photon's remaining energy is transferred to a free negative charge known as a photoelectron. Einstein also used quantum theory to explain the photoelectric effect (Güémez and Fiolhais, 2018). According to Planck's formula, light is a beam of particles whose energies are related to their frequencies. The photons collide with the atoms when the beam is directed towa ...
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