The Photoelectric Effect
Try this: Find the longest wavelength that still frees electrons from sodium.
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About this simulation
Shine light on a metal, hold the escaping electrons back with a voltage, and read Planck's constant off the slope.
Taught in The Photoelectric Effect
- photons
- work function
- threshold frequency
- stopping voltage
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