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What is meant by the threshold frequency of a metal surface?

Correct answer D. The minimum frequency of light that can eject electrons from it

Explanation

Below the threshold frequency f₀ a photon has less energy than the work function and cannot free an electron, however intense the light. At f₀, hf₀ = φ.

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