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In sunlight, which of the following is scattered the maximum by air molecules present in the Earth's atmosphere?

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प्रश्न

In sunlight, which of the following is scattered the maximum by air molecules present in the Earth’s atmosphere?

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  • Green colour

  • Red colour

  • Blue colour

  • Yellow colour

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उत्तर

Blue colour

Explanation:

According to Rayleigh’s law, scattering is inversely proportional to the fourth power of wavelength `(I ∝ 1/λ^4)`. Since blue light has the shortest wavelength among the given choices, it is scattered the most by air molecules.

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