Question

028, Explain briefly the reasons why wave theory of light is not able to explain the observed features of
photo-electric effect
[3].​

Answer 1

Answer:

Photoelectric effect cannot be explained acoording to wave theory because of follwoing reasons: ... According to wave theory, after the light falls on a substance electrons are emitted after a small instant of time. However, in photoelectric effect, the electron emissions are immediate without a time delay.