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Spectra and Photons

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Physics GCSE

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If electromagnetic radiation above a certain frequency is shone onto a clean metal surface, then electrons, called photoelectrons, are emitted from the surface and this effect is called the photoelectric effect.

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© 1998 Mr John Keighley and Stephen Doyle

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Keighley, J., Doyle, S. (1998). Spectra and Photons. In: Physics GCSE. Macmillan Work Out Series. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-14325-2_16

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