A photo of ultraviolet light having energy E falls on a photo emissive surface whose work function is T. Write an expression for maximum kinetic energy of the resulting photoelectron in terms of E and T.

      

A photo of ultraviolet light having energy E falls on a photo emissive surface whose work function is T. Write an expression for maximum kinetic energy of the resulting photoelectron in terms of E and T.

  

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John
Kinetic energy = E - T
johnmulu answered the question on February 21, 2017 at 13:08


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