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The photoelectric effect is the phenomena in which electrons are emitted from a material that is bombarded by electromagnetic radiation. First observed in the 19th century, the effect was confounding to scientists because of its violation of classical electromagnetism. These discrepancies ultimately led to Albert Einstein making groundbreaking proposals about the nature of light. | The photoelectric effect is the phenomena in which electrons are emitted from a material that is bombarded by electromagnetic radiation. First observed in the 19th century, the effect was confounding to scientists because of its violation of classical electromagnetism. These discrepancies ultimately led to Albert Einstein making groundbreaking proposals about the nature of light. | ||
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German physicist Heinrich Hertz is credited with the discovery of the photoelectric effect in 1887 when he observed a changing of sparking voltage between electrodes when ultraviolet light is shined on them<ref name="Bri">[https://www.britannica.com/science/photoelectric-effect]</ref> | |||
==Mechanism== | ==Mechanism== | ||
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The photoelectric effect is the phenomena in which electrons are emitted from a material that is bombarded by electromagnetic radiation. First observed in the 19th century, the effect was confounding to scientists because of its violation of classical electromagnetism. These discrepancies ultimately led to Albert Einstein making groundbreaking proposals about the nature of light.
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German physicist Heinrich Hertz is credited with the discovery of the photoelectric effect in 1887 when he observed a changing of sparking voltage between electrodes when ultraviolet light is shined on them[1]
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