what is photoelectic effect
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The photoelectric effect is the emission of electrons or other free carriers when light hits a material. Electrons emitted in this manner can be called photoelectrons. This phenomenon is commonly studied in electronic physics and in fields of chemistry such as quantum chemistry and electrochemistry.
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✧ When light of sufficiently small wavelength is incident on a metal surface, electrons are ejected from the metal . This phenomenon is called the photoelectric effect.
And the electrons ejected from the metal are called photoelectrons .
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