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What is the difference between work function and ionisation energy?

What is the difference between work function and ionisation energy?

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vikas askiitian expert
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13 years ago

the minimum energy required to eject a electron from an ion or atom is known as ionisation energy...

workfunction is also ionisation energy ,  but this energy is supplied through radiations with certain minimum frequency called thershold frequency...

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