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1 | 1 | """ |
2 | | -The photoelectric effect is the emission of electrons when electromagnetic radiation , |
3 | | -such as light, hits a material. Electrons emitted in this manner are called |
4 | | -photoelectrons. |
| 2 | +The photoelectric effect is the emission of electrons from a material when electromagnetic radiation (such as light) falls on it. |
| 3 | +Electrons emitted in this manner are called photoelectrons. |
5 | 4 |
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6 | | -In 1905, Einstein proposed a theory of the photoelectric effect using a concept that |
7 | | -light consists of tiny packets of energy known as photons or light quanta. Each packet |
8 | | -carries energy hv that is proportional to the frequency v of the corresponding |
9 | | -electromagnetic wave. The proportionality constant h has become known as the |
10 | | -Planck constant. In the range of kinetic energies of the electrons that are removed from |
11 | | -their varying atomic bindings by the absorption of a photon of energy hv, the highest |
12 | | -kinetic energy K_max is : |
| 5 | +In 1905, Albert Einstein explained the photoelectric effect by proposing that light consists of discrete packets of energy known as photons or light quanta. |
| 6 | +Each photon carries energy proportional to the frequency ν of the incident electromagnetic radiation. The proportionality constant h is known as Planck's constant. |
13 | 7 |
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14 | | -K_max = hv-W |
| 8 | +The maximum kinetic energy of the emitted electrons is given by: |
15 | 9 |
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16 | | -Here, W is the minimum energy required to remove an electron from the surface of the |
17 | | -material. It is called the work function of the surface |
| 10 | + K_max = hν − Φ |
18 | 11 |
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19 | | -Reference: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Photoelectric_effect |
| 12 | +where: |
| 13 | + h = Planck's constant |
| 14 | + ν = frequency of the incident radiation |
| 15 | + Φ = work function of the material |
| 16 | +
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| 17 | +The work function Φ is the minimum energy required to remove an electron |
| 18 | +from the surface of the material. |
20 | 19 |
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| 20 | +Reference: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Photoelectric_effect |
21 | 21 | """ |
22 | 22 |
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| 23 | + |
23 | 24 | PLANCK_CONSTANT_JS = 6.6261 * pow(10, -34) # in SI (Js) |
24 | 25 | PLANCK_CONSTANT_EVS = 4.1357 * pow(10, -15) # in eVs |
25 | 26 |
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65 | 66 | import doctest |
66 | 67 |
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67 | 68 | doctest.testmod() |
| 69 | + |
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