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If blue photons have higher energy than green photons why does green light carry the most energy?
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∙ 15y ago
It isn't necessarily hotter. A SINGLE PHOTON (light particle) has higher energy if it is blue than if it is red. But for a beam of light, the temperature also depends on the amount of photons (which basically corresponds to the intensity of the light).
The object from which the light originates may be very hot, in which case the light is blue. If the object is not so hot (ha, you'd burn your hand in a second) the light emitted would be red. So the color of the light gives you information about the hotness of the source.
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∙ 9y ago
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∙ 12y agoRed light feels like it has more energy because human skin is more sensitive to red and infra-red wavelengths in detecting heat.
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The only way this could be true is 'if there is a greater abundance of the red light'.
Imagine looking at the star Sirius which is an A1V type star and has abundant blue in its spectrum. Looking at Sirius you would not get the impression that its blue light is very energetic. This is because there is so little of it that it doesn't make much of an impression.
Now imagine a stove burner turned on maximum and holding your face just above it. In this situation you would get the impression that the red light has lots of energy. But this is only because there is lots of it and in immediate proximity.
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∙ 15y agoMaybe there are more Green Photons than Blue Photons to overcome the Blue Photon energy advantage.
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