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Grade 8General Physics

does each incident photon essentially eject a photoelectron?

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12 Years agoGrade 8
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Profile image of Vikas TU
6 Years ago
yes if its energy is equal or more than the nuclear force towards an electron. No. A photon can eject an electron iff its energy is higher than work function of metal.