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Blue light can cause photoelectric emiss...

Blue light can cause photoelectric emission from a metal, but yellow light cannot. If red light is incident on the metal, then

A

photoelectric current will increase

B

rate of emission of photoelectrons will decrease

C

no photoelectric emission will occur

D

energy of the photoelectrons will increase.

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