What is photoelectron ? 

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When clean metal surface is irradiated with radiation of sufficiently high frequency, electrons are emitted from metal surface. This phenomena is called photoelectric effect.

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Do all the electrons that absorb a photon come out as photoelectrons ?

Write equation of mass of photon. 

A pulse of light of duration $100 \ ns$ is absorbed completely by a small object initially at rest. Power of the pulse is $30 \ mV$ and the speed of light is $3 \times 10 ^8\ ms ^{-1}$. The final momentum of the object is :

  • [IIT 2013]

The light of two different frequencies whose photons have energies $3.8 \,eV$ and $1.4 \,eV$ respectively, illuminate a metallic surface whose work function is $0.6 \,eV$ successively. The ratio of maximum speeds of emitted electrons for the two frequencies respectivly will be

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When an inert gas is filled in the place vacuum in a photo cell, then