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Photoelectron Maximum Energy Equation

Einstein related the maximum kinetic energy of emitted electrons to the incident light frequency minus the work required to free an electron from the material.

Albert Einstein in a 1912 portrait
Albert Einstein, 1912. Photograph by J. F. Langhans — public domain. Wikimedia Commons source.
Year 1905BernPhysics

Photoelectron Maximum Energy Equation

1905 · Bern · Switzerland · Physics

Einstein related the maximum kinetic energy of emitted electrons to the incident light frequency minus the work required to free an electron from the material.

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