Photoelectric effect
Why does the photoelectric effect mention the emission of electrons but then the gold leaf experiment which is supposed to demonstrate it mentions emission of photoelectrons instead?
Original post by proactivestudent
Why does the photoelectric effect mention the emission of electrons but then the gold leaf experiment which is supposed to demonstrate it mentions emission of photoelectrons instead?
Just a naming issue, not physics. An electron ejected by the photoelectric effect is still an electron, but we can also call it a photoelectron as that is how it got liberated from a surface.
Original post by proactivestudent
Why does the photoelectric effect mention the emission of electrons but then the gold leaf experiment which is supposed to demonstrate it mentions emission of photoelectrons instead?
Both photoelectric effect and the gold leaf show that electrons are ejected when the photon has enough quantized energy. This ejection leads to energized photoelectrons.
There is just a misunderstanding in the terms, no more.
(edited 8 months ago)
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