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Timeline

1887: Hertz observes that electrons are given off by metals when light is shone on them.
ThePhotoelectricEffect

1900: Planck suggests that light emitted by a hot object is given off in small squirts of energy, where E = hf
BlackbodySpectrum

1905: Einstein suggests that these squirts are actually particles, and successfully explains the Hertz Effect.
Verycontroversial!

Photoelectric Effect

Photoelectric Effect
It was observed...

intensity

more electrons electron KE no emission

photon frequency

frequency < threshold

Einsteins Theory

Einsteins Equation

K
workfunction

Use Einsteins equation to sketch a graph of:


Kineticenergyofphotoelectron against Photonfrequency

Einsteins Equation

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