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Photoelectric Effect I


A light source of wavelength, l, illuminates a metal and ejects photoelectrons with a maximum kinetic energy of 1 eV. A second light source of wavelength l/2 ejects photoelectrons with a maximum kinetic energy of 4 eV. What is the work function of the metal? Give your answer in eV.

f = eV