The photoelectric effect is when light knocks electrons off the surface of a material. If you're shinning light on a surface and electrons are being knocked off, what could you change about the light so that it would stop knocking electron off? O Reduce the frequency of the light. O Increase the amplitude/intensity of the light

The photoelectric effect is when light knocks electrons off the surface of a material. If you're shinning light on a surface and electrons are being knocked off, what could you change about the light so that it would stop knocking electron off? O Reduce the frequency of the light. O Increase the amplitude/intensity of the light

Glencoe Physics: Principles and Problems, Student Edition

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ISBN:9780078807213

Author:Paul W. Zitzewitz

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Chapter27: Quantum Theory

Section: Chapter Questions

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