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The photo-electric effect, where photons strike metal and eject electrons, was explained in 1905.
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Is it true that the photo-electric effect, where photons strike metal and eject electrons, was explained in 1905?
Yes. The available evidence confirms that the photoelectric effect, where photons strike metal and eject electrons, was explained in 1905.
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Wikipedia: Photoelectric effect. (n.d.). Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Photoelectric_effect
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Confirms the photoelectric effect involves light striking a conductor surface to eject electrons.
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LibreTexts: LibreTexts: 12.03%3A The Photoelectric Effect. (n.d.). LibreTexts. https://phys.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Conceptual_Physics/Introduction_to_Physics_(Park)/05%3A_Unit_4-_Modern_Physics_-_Quantum_Mechanics_Special_Relativity_and_Nuclear_and_Particle_Physics/12%3A_Quantum_Mechanics/12.03%3A_The_Photoelectric_Effect
Explicitly states that photons striking metal and ejecting electrons was explained in 1905.
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Wikiversity: Wikiversity: Quizbank/University Physics Semester 2/All. (n.d.). Wikiversity. https://en.wikiversity.org/wiki/Quizbank/University_Physics_Semester_2/All
Explains the photoelectric effect as photons ejecting electrons from metal surfaces.
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LibreTexts: LibreTexts: 6.2%3A Quantized Energy and Photons. (n.d.). LibreTexts. https://chem.libretexts.org/Courses/University_of_Arkansas_Cossatot/UAC%3A_Chem_1024/06._Electronic_Structure_of_Atoms/6.2%3A_Quantized_Energy_and_Photons
Notes that the photoelectric effect involving photons striking metal and ejecting electrons was explained in 1905.
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Wikiversity: Wikiversity: Quizbank/University Physics Semester 2/T10. (n.d.). Wikiversity. https://en.wikiversity.org/wiki/Quizbank/University_Physics_Semester_2/T10
References the photoelectric effect explaining photons striking metal and ejecting electrons in 1905.
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Wikiversity: Wikiversity: Quizbank/University Physics Semester 2/Questions list. (n.d.). Wikiversity. https://en.wikiversity.org/wiki/Quizbank/University_Physics_Semester_2/Questions_list
Includes quiz questions linking the photoelectric effect explanation to 1905.
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Wikiversity: Wikiversity: Quizbank/University Physics Semester 2/All1. (n.d.). Wikiversity. https://en.wikiversity.org/wiki/Quizbank/University_Physics_Semester_2/All1
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