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When light reflects off nonmetallic surfaces such as glass water or a road surface the light is polarized The reflected light consists of waves which are vibrating in a direction par?
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Polarized light has waves that vibrate only in one direction, or more in one direction than in others. For example, more "up-down" vibrations than "left-right" vibrations or anything in between.
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Can sound waves be polarized like electromagnetic waves can?
For polarization the direction of the oscillation has to be perpendicular to the direction of travel. In sound waves, which are longitudinal waves, this isn't the case and thereby can not be polarized.
Uses of plane polarized light?
hey guys this is pooja.....the answer is that it is used to detect the optical activity of a plane polarised light...!! my question: is polarisation of light by dichroism there in 2009 isc syllabus of physics.?? pls let me know...ok? thanks....do reply if u r reading my question....thanks...!! urs pooja Hey Pooja. I might be able to help. :) It is about the vibration be represented by a "sin" wave. Its unpolarised energy radiates from all direction. when plane polarized vibrate in a single plane of direction from the source. Hope this helps.
How do you distiguish for the optically active and in active?
First of all we should know what optically active molecules are "Those molecules which possess asymmetric(chiral) carbon atoms have the ability to rotate the plane polarized light(light of one wavelength having its electrical character vibrating in one direction only) to the left or to the right are known as Optically active molecules" while those molecules not following the former scenario are known as Optically Inactive molecules. All in all molecules having asymmetric carbon atoms are known as optically active molecules for example glucose(rotate plane polarized light to the left) & fructose(rotate plane polarized light to the right) are optically active molecules. While molecules lacking asymmetric carbon atoms are optically inactive molecules for example water is optically inactive. And that's how we can distinguish between these two molecular classifications.
An ideal polarizing filter transmits 50 of the incident non polarized light. Why is this so?
Unpolarized light has electromagnetic waves vibrating in all directions perpendicular to the direction of propagation. A polarizing filter only transmits light that is polarized along the same axis as the filter's axis. (Note that a polarizing filter also partially allows some orientations through that have some component of its axis along the same axis as the filter). The transmitted light thus constitutes half of the incident unpolarized light.Think of it like this: unpolarized light is like a rope vibrating up and down and a rope vibrating side to side. A polarizing filter is like "slots." If the slots are up and down, only up and down vibrations can get through. The other half- the side to side vibrations- are blocked.
When rapidly vibrating atoms collide with slowly vibrating atoms causing a transfer of heat?
Heat
What allows only light vibrating in a certain direction to pass through?
Polarized lenses
Are longitudinal waves plane polarized?
No. Since longitudinal waves are vibrating in the direction that they are traveling, polarization has no meaning in their case.
What is Plane light?
A polarized light vibrating in a single plane perpendicular to the direction of propagation is called plane polarised light.
Light waves usually vibrate in all directions but what allows only light vibrating in a certain direction to pass through?
polarized light
Which waves allows only light vibrating in certain directions to pass through?
Polarized.
Can sound waves be polarized like electromagnetic waves can?
For polarization the direction of the oscillation has to be perpendicular to the direction of travel. In sound waves, which are longitudinal waves, this isn't the case and thereby can not be polarized.
When the particles of a medium are vibrating at right angles to the direction of energy transport then the wave is what?
Transverse
Uses of plane polarized light?
hey guys this is pooja.....the answer is that it is used to detect the optical activity of a plane polarised light...!! my question: is polarisation of light by dichroism there in 2009 isc syllabus of physics.?? pls let me know...ok? thanks....do reply if u r reading my question....thanks...!! urs pooja Hey Pooja. I might be able to help. :) It is about the vibration be represented by a "sin" wave. Its unpolarised energy radiates from all direction. when plane polarized vibrate in a single plane of direction from the source. Hope this helps.
What is the best way to describe transverse waves?
waves vibrating at right angles to the direction of its propagation.
What do you mean by phase angle?
it determines the displacement as well as the direction of motion of vibrating particle in the phase.
What kind of wave forms when the vibrating particles move perpendicularly to the direction the wave is going?
Transverse waves.
What type of wave is produced when the particles of the medium are vibrating to and fro in the same direction of wave propagation?
Longitudinal wave
