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The phenomenon of photoelectric emission was discovered in 1887 by

A

Albert Einstein

B

Heinrich Hertz

C

Wilhelm Hallwachs

D

Philipp Lenard

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(b) : The phenomenon of photoelectric emission was discovered by Heinrich Hertz in 1887.
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