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CUET · PHYSICS · PYQ PAPER 2023

Which of the following scientists has not contributed significantly to photoelectric effect ?

  1. A Wilhelm Hallwachs
  2. B Philipp Lenard
  3. C Albert Einstein
  4. D C.J. Davisson
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(D) C.J. Davisson

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While Hallwachs, Lenard, and Einstein were all central figures in discovering and explaining the photoelectric effect, C.J. Davisson is famous for the Davisson-Germer experiment. His work demonstrated the wave nature of electrons through diffraction, rather than the particle…