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Yogita Ingle 7 years ago
Wave theory of light cannot explain the photoelectric effect because of the following reasons:
i) Wave nature does not explain the instantaneous ejection of photoelectrons.
ii) It does not explain to us the threshold frequency for a metal surface.
iii) Wave nature do not tell us, why kinetic energy of the emitted electrons is independent of the intensity of light and depends upon its frequency.
Basic features of photon picture of electromagnetic radiation on which Einstein’s photoelectric equation is based upon is:
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