Question

Please explain the statement "The kinetic energy of the ejected photoelectrons is directly proportional to the frequency of the incident radiation, but it is independent of the intensity of the radiation"

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Answer:

Photoelectrons are electrons that are ejected from an atom when it is hit by an high energy photon. The photon's energy is dependent on the frequency of the wave of the photon(wave particle duality). It is not dependent on the amount of photons hitting the electron(which is called intensity).

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