Physics A-Level
Conservation of energy in photon–electron collisions
What Conservation of energy in photon–electron collisions means in Physics A-Level, as defined for AQA.
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The maximum kinetic energy is the photon energy minus the work function: Ek(max) = hf − φ.
Topics that use Conservation of energy in photon–electron collisions
- The discovery of photoelectricity (A-level only) (AQA A-Level)
Related terms
- Intensity
- Limitations of classical wave theory
- Photon energy and frequency
- Planck constant
- Planck's quantum hypothesis
- Quanta
- Quantisation of energy
- Threshold frequency
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