What is a photoelectron?

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(N/A) When a clean metal surface is irradiated with electromagnetic radiation of sufficiently high frequency,electrons are emitted from the metal surface. These emitted electrons are known as photoelectrons. This phenomenon is called the photoelectric effect.

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The electrons are emitted in the photoelectric effect from a metal surface:

The work functions of Caesium $(Cs)$, Potassium $(K)$, and Sodium $(Na)$ are $2.14\,eV$, $2.30\,eV$, and $2.75\,eV$ respectively. If incident electromagnetic radiation has an incident energy of $2.20\,eV$, which of these photosensitive surfaces may emit photoelectrons?

Assertion : The photoelectrons produced by a monochromatic light beam incident on a metal surface have a spread in their kinetic energies.
Reason : The work function of the metal varies as a function of depth from the surface.

Describe Hallwach's and Lenard's observations regarding the photoelectric effect in short.

$A$ source of variable potential difference is connected across a photoelectric cell, and the photoelectric current is plotted against the applied potential difference. The graph with the broken line represents the initial curve of current versus applied potential difference. If the frequency of the incident light is increased and its intensity is reduced, which curve now represents the situation?

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