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when an electron collide with a photon it absorbs energy hv.then why an electron can't absorb an energy 2hv by simultaneously colliding with two photons.plz solve my prblm.

when an electron collide with a photon it absorbs energy hv.then why an electron can't absorb an energy 2hv by simultaneously colliding with two photons.plz solve my prblm.

Grade:12th Pass

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Lakshmi Pillai
14 Points
11 years ago

An electron cannot exist at two points at the same time.  So probability of simulataneous collision of an electron with two photons is negligible.

Shivam Dimri
43 Points
10 years ago

an electron cannot simulataneouls collide with two photons at a time,

its against the postulates of photoelectric effect!!

remember!!

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