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Photoelectric Effect

$KE_{max} = hf-\phi$         $f_C = \phi /h$
$(1 eV = 1.6\times 10^{-19}$J)
Einstein's Explanation:
- light made up of a stream of particles with energy $E_{\gamma } = hf$


gabor@theory.uwinnipeg.ca
2001-01-05