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In an exam today the teacher asked "What does the photoelectric effect demonstrate" and the answers were "The wave nature of light", "The particle nature of light", "The dual nature of light" (i.e both)" and "Neither".
I answered that it demonstrates the dual nature of light, but she insists that it is only the particle nature of it. I think she is wrong, because when analyzing the effect we talk about the photon's energy which is equal to [tex]h\nu [/tex], but [tex]\nu [/tex] is the frequency of light and that is clearly a wave property.
I answered that it demonstrates the dual nature of light, but she insists that it is only the particle nature of it. I think she is wrong, because when analyzing the effect we talk about the photon's energy which is equal to [tex]h\nu [/tex], but [tex]\nu [/tex] is the frequency of light and that is clearly a wave property.