Einstein's photoelectric equation

Einstein's photoelectric equation
the equation that relates the energy of a photoelectron to the difference between the product of the frequency of the incident radiation times Planck's constant and the energy needed to remove the photoelectron from the substance.
[named after Albert EINSTEIN]

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