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Einstein photoelectric law

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Einstein photoelectric law [′īn‚stīn ¦fōd·ō·i¦lek·trik ‚lȯ]
(quantum mechanics)
The law that the energy of an electron emitted from a system in the photoelectric effect ishν -W,wherehis Planck's constant, ν is the frequency of the incident radiation, andWis the energy needed to remove the electron from the system; ifhν is less thanW,no electrons are emitted.


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