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a clean nickel surface is exposed to light of wavelength 235nm. what is the maximum speed of the photoelectrons emmited from This surface?
Work function of Nickel is 5.01 eV. According to the photoelectric effect law maximum kinetic energy of electron is the excess amount of energy presesnt in the light photon over the work function.For a photon . where E is the energy of light photon h=planks constant e=electron charge c= speed of light . Energy of given photon . Work function .
where K.E. is kinetic energy of photoelectron.