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Why are alkali metals highly photon-sensitive?

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Work functions of alkali metals are very low
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  3. Why are alkali metals highly photon-sensitive?

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  5. Photoelectric threshold wavelength for a metal is 2100Å. If the wavele...

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  9. How does the kinetic energy of photoelectrons change due to increase i...

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  10. Give an example of production of photons by electrons.

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  11. Maximum kinetic energy of photoelectrons depends on the of light used...

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  12. In case of photoelectric emission, the maximum kinetic energy of photo...

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  13. Lenard concluded from his experiment that the particles emitted in pho...

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  14. Given an example of production of electrons by photons

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  18. What is the rest mass of a photons?

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