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AP EAMCET · PHYSICS · Wave Optics

According to Rayleigh, when sunlight travels through atmosphere, the amount of scattering is proportional to \(\mathrm{n}^{\text {th }}\) power of wavelength of light. Then the value of ' \(n\) ' is

  1. A \(4\)
  2. B \(-4\)
  3. C \(3\)
  4. D \(-3\)
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(B) \(-4\)

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Rayleigh scattering: Amount of scattering \(\propto \lambda^{-4}\). Therefore, \(n = -4\).