S Shoom Member Joined Aug 26, 2008 Messages 694 Gender Undisclosed HSC N/A Jul 7, 2009 #1 If light is acting like particle, why does doubling the intensity double the number of photoelectrons released?
If light is acting like particle, why does doubling the intensity double the number of photoelectrons released?
kaz1 et tu Joined Mar 6, 2007 Messages 6,955 Location Vespucci Beach Gender Undisclosed HSC 2009 Uni Grad 2018 Jul 7, 2009 #2 Doubling the amount of photons doubles the amount of electrons that jump as there are twice as many photons colliding with the electrons.
Doubling the amount of photons doubles the amount of electrons that jump as there are twice as many photons colliding with the electrons.