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Rayleigh scattering (/ˈreɪli/ RAY-lee), named after the nineteenth-century British physicist Lord Rayleigh (John William Strutt), is the predominantly elastic scattering of light or other electromagnetic radiation by particles much smaller than the wavelength of the radiation.
- What is Rayleigh scattering explain?
- Why the sky is blue Rayleigh scattering?
- What is Rayleigh scattering law 10?
What is Rayleigh scattering explain?
Rayleigh scattering, dispersion of electromagnetic radiation by particles that have a radius less than approximately 1/10 the wavelength of the radiation. The process has been named in honour of Lord Rayleigh, who in 1871 published a paper describing this phenomenon.
Why the sky is blue Rayleigh scattering?
As white light passes through our atmosphere, tiny air molecules cause it to 'scatter'. The scattering caused by these tiny air molecules (known as Rayleigh scattering) increases as the wavelength of light decreases. ... Therefore, blue light is scattered more than red light and the sky appears blue during the day.
What is Rayleigh scattering law 10?
Rayleigh's scattering law - shortcut
The amount of scattering is inversely proportional to the fourth power of the wavelength. ... As sunlight travels through the earths atmosphere, it gets scattered by the atmospheric particles. Light of shorter wavelengths is scattered much more than light of longer wavelengths.
