أرشيف الوسم : light

absorbance symbol: A; a measure of the ability of a substance or a solution to absorb electromagnetic radiation incident upon it. It equals the logarithm of the ratio of the radiant power of the incident radiation, Φ0, to the radiant power of the transmitted radiation, Φ. For a solution, absorbance is expressed as the logarithm of the ratio of the …

Nature of light and electromagnetic spectrum:  According to Newton’s corpuscular theory, light is propagated as a stream of particles, called corpuscles. This could justify the phenomenon of reflection and refraction of light but failed to explain the phenomenon of diffraction, interference etc. Clerk Maxwell suggested that light waves are associated with both electric and magnetic fields, i.e. light may be …

According to Newton’s corpuscular theory, light is propagated as a stream of particles, called corpuscules. This could justify the phenomenon of reflection and refraction of light but failed to explain the phenomenon of diffraction, interference etc. Clerk Maxwell suggested that light waves are associated with both electric and magnetic fields i.e., light may be described as electromagnetic waves or radiations. …

Like matter, energy can be classified in different ways. For example, energy can either be kinetic or potential. Kinetic energy is energy of motion. Gases are made of molecules that have more kinetic energy than molecules in the solid phase of that substance. For example, water molecules in steam have greater kinetic energy than molecules in liquid water. Potential energy …