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path length same = constructive interference, bright

 

path length different (halve wavelength out) = destructive interference dark

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hot object --> continuous spectrum (lightbulb)

 

hot gas/largevoltage --> line emmision spectrum (neon lights)

 

hot object through cold gas --> line absorption spectrum (sun)

increasing energy past work function = more kinetic energy

 

increasing intensity = greater current (more photoelectrons emitted)

wave theory of light cannot adequately explain photoelectric effect (though diffraction shows light is a wave) so light is also a particle

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