4) why doesn't the existence of a threshold frequency for the photoelectric effect make sense from...

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4) why doesn't the existence of a threshold frequency for thephotoelectric effect make sense from the point of view of acontinuous wave model of light?

4b) how does the concept of a photon explain the existence of athreshold frequency?

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4 a The photo electric effect is explained using the Quantum radiation theory of Max Plank in which light is an electromagnetic radiation in which the energy is quantized Energy of each quanta is given by E hv where h is Planks Constant and v frequency of radiation The wave theory fails    See Answer
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