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What equation is used to determine speed of light through material?
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Speed of light in a material = c / (refractive index of the material) .
' c ' = speed of light in vacuum = 299,792,458 meters per second.
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How light propagates through a material is given by the ratio of the speed of light in vacuum to the speed of light in that material. What is this ratio called?
That is called the dielectric constant, also the square root of the relative permittivity.
What does the Refractive index of a material signify?
The refractive index of a material signifies how much light slows down when it enters that material compared to its speed in a vacuum. It is a measure of how much the material can bend or refract light rays. Different materials have different refractive indices, which can impact how light interacts with them, such as causing light to be bent when passing through a lens.
Can light travel through matter?
Yes! Light travels through any material that does not completely absorb it. Visible light can only travel through materials that are called either transparent or translucent. Visible light travels through glass all the time. Visible light also travels through your cornea and the gel-like material that is in your eyeball. There are other types of light than visible light, such as ultraviolet (UV). UV is light that has more energy than visible light. This is the type of light that can give you a sunburn. There are even more energetic types of light like X-rays. They go through lots of material that visible light can't -- like skin and organs, but they do not go through bones or teeth very well.
How do you determine the wavelength of light needed to excite and electron from the ground state to the lowest excited state of a mercury atom?
Use the Rydberg equation.
What are some ways in which materials affect how light is transmitted?
How much light a material absorbs or lets through depends mainly on what kind of material it is. Usually pure substances will not absorb light but rather lets light through or reflects light. Exceptions include carbon, uranium and others. The exact theory goes into detail in how electrons absorb that energy and move to a higher orbital but generally, a material will let light through if the electrons require excessive energy to jump to a higher orbital.
What is the material through which light travels?
what is the material through which light travels
What material lets light through and you can see through?
Glass. Any transparent material, which is any material that lets light through, can also been seen through.
A material through which nearly all light passes is?
A material through which nearly all light passes is called a transparent material.
What are two things that determine the color of a light wave?
the two things that determine the color of a light wave are its wavelength and the material it reflects from.
How does how does light travel through opaque material?
it cant travel through light.
What happens when light hits a transparent material?
Even though you can see through a material..i.e. it is transparent...it may have color and a physicist will want to know this information. What type of light is hitting this material is important to include in your question as well as the type of transparent material. What type of light? (and the strength ...source would be great) What type of material? What color is the material? Answer: It allows light to pass through a material
What material through which light travels through it?
glass
What material allows some light to pass through it?
the material glass allows light to pass through it. when it passes through it changes the light into the colours of the rainbow. the colours come because the glass splits the light.
What cannot pass through an opaque material?
Light cannot pass through an opaque material.
What does translucent material do?
Translucent materials allows light to pass through it. Windows is a translucent material because it allows light to pass through it
What does translucent material?
Translucent materials allows light to pass through it. Windows is a translucent material because it allows light to pass through it
What king of material allows light to pass through?
the answer is transparent material
