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Photons: photoelectric effect
A photon is absorbed by an atomic electron, which is rejected from the atom
The process needs the electron to be bound
Kinetic energy of the ejected photoelectron
KE
is equal to the incident photon
energy
E
0
minus the binding energy of the orbital electron
F
:
KE
=
E
o
-
F
E
0
KE
F