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Photoelectric effect
The
photoelectric effect
is the observation that many
metals
emit
electrons
when
light
shines upon them. Electrons emitted in this manner can be called
photoelectrons
. The phenomenon is commonly studied in
electronic
physics
, as well as in fields of
chemistry
, such as
quantum chemistry
or
electrochemistry
.
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