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If you shine an ultraviolet light on the metal ball of a negatively charged electroscope, what will happen

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Answer:

The electroscope will become discharged by loosing electrons in a phenomenon called photoelectric effect

Step-by-step explanation:

The UV light knocks off loosely bounded electrons in the outer shell causing the metal electroscope to discharge

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