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I think light could not be recoginzed as a vector. However, I think the light intensity could be devided into the x-y axises.
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What are three characteristics of light?
Three characteristics of light are quality ; quantity and intensity.
What do you call a quantity with only one measure?
Scalar quantity, e.g, mass, speed of light, charge, etc.
What is different between speed and velocity?
speed is scalar while velocity is a vector. In other words, velocity is to do with direction also. Speed does not show direction.
What are non physical quantities?
Those quantities which cannot be derived from any other such as length, mass, time, temperature, electric current, light luminosity are examples for fundamental physical quantities.
At what light intensity do you expect there to be no net productivity?
100% light intensity ?
If the equation E equals mc squared gives energy which is a scalar physical quantity how is this possible when multiplying a scalar and a vector results in a vector quantity?
Energy is a product of 1 scalar quantity which is mass and 1 vector quantity which is the velocity of light within a vacuum. The velocity of light in the equation is squared which returns an absolute value negating any sign it has. This results in both terms having no sign. A vector quantity must have both a direction and a magnitude. The product returned will always be a positive quantity which means it has no direction.
What is the energy with motion?
The energy associated with motion is the momentum energy cmV = cP. This is a vector energy, as momentum is a vector and c the speed of light. Physics currently considers energy a scalar quantiy, Nature considers energy a Quaternion Quantity, the sum of a scalar and a vector. The Momentum Energy cP is the mysterious "Dark Energy" that pervades the Universe, and is the energy associated with motion.
Is light vector or scalar?
Light is a scalar. This is the reason we talk about the speed (scalar) of light. This is al;so the reason the Michelson-Morley Experiment was a deemed a failure, though it was a success. M-M assumed as did most scientists that light was a vector and would compound like a vector. When light had the same speed in all directions, which a vector would not do, the experiment was said to fail, when in fact it succeeded in showing light to be a scalar. What failed was the expectations of the experimentors and rather accept that light was a scalar they invented the shrinking of space in the direction of motion.Light is related to the fourth dimension of Quaternion Space:Q= r +Ix +Jy +Kzwhere I, J and K are vectors and the scalar is r=ct where c is the speed of light and t is time. Light c is related to the real scalar distance r=ct.
Is electric potential difference a vector?
We generally think of electric current as a scalar quantity. When we think of 1/4th amp or 20 amps, we think of an amount (a scalar quantity) of current flow. On another plane, the electromagnetic forces at work in current generation are actually force vectors. In the traditional sense, electric current, which is the movement of electrons, is from negative to positive. This is not a vector, though. In the macro or "large" world, think of current as scalar.---------------------------------------------------------------------The beauty is that though current is not a vector definitely its direction of flow is used to make length as vector. I is not vector. dl is not vector but I dl will be considered as vector. So innovative and essential concept.Current density is a vector which appears in Maxwell's equations.
Lux is a unit for what quantity?
Light intensity.
What are three characteristics of light?
Three characteristics of light are quality ; quantity and intensity.
What do you call a quantity with only one measure?
Scalar quantity, e.g, mass, speed of light, charge, etc.
What describes how fast an object is moving and in what dirrection?
The maximum speed of any object is hardly equal to speed of light which is 3*10^8 approximately.
How are speed ande velocity similar?
Velocity has a magnitude which is it's speed, but speed does not have a direction like velocity. Velocity and speed both have a speed. The direction is designated by a vector. The speed of light is a speed it is a scalar, a velocity will be denoted by vector elements e.g V = IVx + JVy + KVz or V 1R where 1V is the unit direction Radial and V is the scalar speed. Some people think the + or - sign gives direction toward or from the origin. That is true but + or - does not make the quantity a vector.
What does intensity mean in photography?
Intensity is the quantity or degree of any quality. In photography, intensity generally refers to the quantity or degree of light in an image. You can increase the intensity by using a faster shutter speed or a larger aperture. Intensity may also be referred to as exposure.
What is different between speed and velocity?
speed is scalar while velocity is a vector. In other words, velocity is to do with direction also. Speed does not show direction.
What is the unit of light which is scalar qantity?
The intensity of light is measured in lumens. The amount of energy in light can be measured in any unit of energy (BTU, calories, Joules, etc.) The energy per unit time can be measured in any unit of power (Watts, horsepower etc.) All of these are independent of specific classes of coordinate systems and hence "scalar".
