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Q.List out the laws of photoelectric effect.

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Step 1. For a fixed frequency, the number of photoelectrons emitted per second (and hence the photocurrent, including the saturation current) is directly proportional to the intensity of the incident light.

Step 2. The maximum kinetic energy of the emitted photoelectrons is completely independent of the intensity of the incident light.

Step 3. For a given metal, the maximum kinetic energy of the photoelectrons is directly proportional to the frequency of the incident light.

Step 4. For a given surface, photoelectron emission occurs only if the frequency of the incident light exceeds a certain minimum value, the threshold frequency; below it, no emission occurs regardless of intensity. …

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