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One milliwatt of light of wavelength 4560 A is incident on a cesium surface. Calculate the photoelectric current liberated assuming a quantum efficiency of 0.5 %. Given Planck's constant `h=6.62xx10^(-34)J-s` and velocity of light `c=3xx10^(8)ms^(-1)`.

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`I= eta.(P)/(E_(lambda))xx(e )/(100)=1.84xx10^(-6)amp`
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