Which phenomenon is considered to be the inverse of the photoelectric effect?
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Solution
The photoelectric effect occurs when electromagnetic radiation, such as light, strikes a material and emits electrons. Photoelectrons are electrons emitted in this manner.
X-ray production is the phenomenon that is the inverse of the photoelectric effect.
This process is said as, When a metal surface is hit by a photon of high energy, an electron is emitted, in the inverse of this process, photons are emitted when metal is hit by electrons.
X-ray is produced when a beam of electrons hit the positively charged target made from tungsten.
The diagram of a photoelectric effect is shown below:
