Question

What is the difference between the Compton effect and photoelectric effect?

Answer 1

The difference between the Compton effect and the photoelectric effect:

Compton effect	Photoelectric effect
1.The Compton effect is defined as the effect that is observed when x-rays or gamma rays are scattered on a material with an increase in wavelength.	1. The photoelectric effect is the emission of electrons when electromagnetic radiation, such as light, hits a material.
2.It occurs due to the interaction of the photon (x-ray or gamma) with free electrons (unattached to atoms) or loosely bound valence shell (outer shell) electrons.	2. The minimum condition required for the emission of electrons from the outermost shell of an atom is that the frequency of incident rays should be very high.
3. Arthur H. Compton proposed Compton effect.	3. The photoelectric effect was discovered by German physicist Heinrich Rudolf Hertz.
4. Compton effect occurs on the free electron.	4. photoelectric effect occurs on the bound electron.