ICSE Class 10 Physics 2016 Solved Paper

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Question : 45
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What do you understand by the term 'Scattering of light'? Which colour of white light is scattered the least and why?
Solution:  
It is a process of absorption and then reemission of light energy. Scattering of light depends on the wavelength of light scattered.
Red light scattered the least because wavelength of red light is highest. As Intensity of scattered light I
1
λ4
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