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What are some of the most common materials that display the photoelectric effect?

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Answer:

the so-called alkali metals, the most used of all is potassium

Step-by-step explanation:

The photoelectric effect is the expulsion of electrons from metals by effect of incident radiation.

To see this effect, materials with a small work function are needed, so the most used materials are the materials of group i of the periodic table, the so-called alkali metals, the most used of all is potassium

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