Saturday, 3 August 2019

electrostatics - Electrical neutrality in photoelectric effect


In photo electric effect ,if electrons escape, shouldn't that leave the metal positively charged ??. How does it maintain its electrical neutrality ? And if it doesn't , shouldn't the work function increase as a positive metal piece would pull electrons more strongly and more energy would be required.




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