Answer:
During photoelectric
emission, the momentum of incident photon is transferred to the metal. At
microscopic level, atoms of a metal absorb the photon and its momentum is
transferred mainly to the nucleus and electrons. The electron excited is
emitted. Therefore, the conservation of momentum is to be considered as the
momentum of incident photon transferred to the nucleus and electrons.
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