Posted by JUSTPLAYGOLF | April 24th, 2009

For a project, I am investigating the photoelectric effect. At first, I was going to do something plain like this: http://demonstrations.wolfram.com/ThePhotoelectricEffect/
But instead I want to be creative.
I am an avid golfer and want to combine golf and physics – not in kinematics, but in electricity. I want to use the photoelectric effect to emit electrons from my driver (it has a magnesium crown, ø = work function = 3.66eV) and hit a ball, and at impact there would be a transfer in electrons from the ball to club. I could get this on camera, maybe it would give a shock to the ball-striker (me or one of my friends)
Anyways my question is, is it…
POSSIBLE
FEASIBLE (considering the medium level ø of Mg)
SAFE?
thank you
To clear it up, I would shine some light on my club, then it would lose electrons. Because it has a positive charge, it will draw electrons from the golf ball. That could cause something exciting., more 

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