Basic Theory
If Einstein’s photoelectric law is applied to a free molecule, the kinetic energy of an emitted photoelectron is given by
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where h is Planck’s constant, ν is the frequency of the ionizing light, and I is an ionization energy corresponding to the energy of an occupied molecular orbital.
Read more about this topic: Ultraviolet Photoelectron Spectroscopy
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