PHOTOELECTRIC EFFECT [Planck’s Constant]: Digital readout

PHOTOELECTRIC EFFECT [PLANCKS CONSTANT]: Digital Readout

•  This is fully self contained and includes the necessary electronic amplification for the minute currents involved.
•  Designed to meet the requirements of a University stage 1 physics course so is more than adequate for 7th form physics.
•  Consistent results can be obtained.
•  Photoelectric Effect apparatus supplied with: An Illuminator  |  5x Filters  |  A set of Apertures.

(Wikipedia excerpt: ..."..The photoelectric effect is the emission of electrons from a material caused by electromagnetic radiation such as ultraviolet light. Electrons emitted in this manner are called photoelectrons. The phenomenon is studied in condensed matter physics, solid state, and quantum chemistry to draw inferences about the properties of atoms, molecules and solids. The effect has found use in electronic devices specialized for light detection and precisely timed electron emission.

The experimental results disagree with classical electromagnetism, which predicts that continuous light waves transfer energy to electrons, which would then be emitted when they accumulate enough energy. An alteration in the intensity of light would theoretically change the kinetic energy of the emitted electrons, with sufficiently dim light resulting in a delayed emission. The experimental results instead show that electrons are dislodged only when the light exceeds a certain frequency—regardless of the light's intensity or duration of exposure. Because a low-frequency beam at a high intensity does not build up the energy required to produce photoelectrons, as would be the case if light's energy accumulated over time from a continuous wave, Albert Einstein proposed that a beam of light is not a wave propagating through space, but discrete energy packets, which were later popularised as photons by Gilbert N. Lewis....")

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