Physics A-Level
Evidence for the photon model
What Evidence for the photon model means in Physics A-Level, as defined for OCR.
Definition of Evidence for the photon model
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Reference: OCR
This independence supports the photon model over a continuous wave model of light.
Topics that use Evidence for the photon model
- The photoelectric effect (OCR A-Level)
Related terms
- Conservation of energy in photon absorption
- Independence of KEmax from intensity
- Intensity
- Intensity as photons per second
- Maximum kinetic energy
- One-to-one interaction
- Photoelectric current
- Photoelectric emission
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