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Photo+electric effect = The effect caused by emission of electron due to photons
Explanation:
The word photoelectric effect means emission of electrons due to photons.
It is given by Albert Einstein.
When light photons with suitable energy shone on a metal it emits electrons.
The maximum kinetic energy of ejected electron is
Where,
Since work function is the minimum energy required to remove delocalised electron from surface of metal it's value is
Where
Then kinetic energy now becomes
Kinetic energy is positive so we must have
2nd part of the question is How is it significant to the development of atomic model
With the help of photoelectric effect it is clear that electrons and photons behaves like a particle. (Like how 2 balls collide and goes apart)
Performing other experiments Einstein has suggested light can behave like a particle as well as wave i.e it has dual character.
de-Broglie suggested that just as light exhibit wave and particle properties, all microscopic material particles such as electrons, photons, atoms, molecules etc. have also dual character.
Thus according to de-Broglie all material particles in motion possess wave characteristics. and the wavelength associated with a particle of mass
Since electron moves as a wave we can assume the following diagram
Her we can write circumference =
But according to de-Broglie
or
Thus angular momentum of electron should be an integral multiple of h/2
Hence de-Broglie equation helped in explaining Bohr's postulate regarding the quantisation of an electron.
