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Justify the following hypothesis by photoelectric effect: “For each metal, there exists a minimum binding energy for an electron characteristic of the element, called the work function (W0).

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Chapter29: Atomic Physics

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Justify the following hypothesis by photoelectric effect: “For each metal, there exists a minimum binding energy for an electron characteristic of the element, called the work function (W0).

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