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Huygen's wave theory of light could not explain

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According to Huygen's principle every point on the wavefront may be regarded as a source of secondary waves. While in photoelectric effect, light consists of particles (bundle of photons). Therefore, theory discovered by Huygen's could not explain the photoelectric effect.

Stream:NTA_ABHYAS_NEETSubject:PhysicsTopic:Modern PhysicsSubtopic:Photoelectric effect
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