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In an experiment on photoelectric effect, a photon is incident on an electron from one direction and the photoelectron is emitted almost in the opposite direction. Does this violate the principle of conservation of momentum?

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No, it does not violate the principle of conservation of momentum. In the photon-electron collision, the energy and momentum are conserved.

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