Intensity and Kinetic Energy

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Intensity and Kinetic Energy

Postby Hirmand_Sarafian_2N » Wed Oct 05, 2016 8:41 pm

Once light has the frequency capable to overcome the threshold energy and remove the electron leaving excess kinetic energy that moves the electron at a particular velocity, does increasing the intensity of the light have an effect on the kinetic energy of the increased amount of removed electrons or are more electrons simply removed with the same kinetic energy as before the intensity was increased?

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Re: Intensity and Kinetic Energy

Postby Chem_Mod » Wed Oct 05, 2016 8:47 pm

More electrons are removed with the same kinetic energy as before the intensity was increased. Remember that the photoelectric effect describes a one-photon/one-electron interaction.


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