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What frequencies of visible light are transmitted through a piece of glass if the glass appears clear?

It really depends on the type of glass. "Glass" is a more or less generic name for different substances that look transparent for us. The normal glass is mainly transparent for visible light; it will absorb both most ultraviolet light, and most infrared light.


Visible light contains various wave lengths what are the wavelengths in nanometers?

Visible light wavelengths range from approximately 400 to 700 nanometers. This corresponds to violet light at the shortest wavelengths and red light at the longest wavelengths in the visible spectrum.


What separates visible light into is many colors by bending each wavelength at a different angle?

A prism separates visible light into its different colors, as it is made up of a transparent material that causes light to refract at different angles depending on its wavelength or color. This phenomenon is called dispersion, with shorter wavelengths (like blue) bending more than longer wavelengths (like red), creating a spectrum of colors.


Which colors of light have the shortest wavelengths?

Blue and violet light have the shortest wavelengths in the visible light spectrum.


Does Heat has shorter wavelengths than visible light?

Yes, heat, in the context of thermal radiation, typically refers to infrared radiation, which has longer wavelengths than visible light. While visible light ranges from about 400 to 700 nanometers, infrared radiation has wavelengths from about 700 nanometers to 1 millimeter. Therefore, heat (infrared) does not have shorter wavelengths than visible light; instead, it has longer wavelengths.

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What kinda light is a mixture of all visible wavelengths of the spectrum?

White light is a mixture of all visible wavelengths of the spectrum. When white light passes through a prism, it separates into its constituent colors creating a rainbow effect.


When you see a rainbow in the sky or in the mist of a waterfall you are seeing all the wavelengths of visible light Which process separates the different components of the visible light spectrum so?

refraction


What is the color of light determined by?

The color of light is determined by its wavelength. Different colors of light have different wavelengths, with red light having longer wavelengths and blue light having shorter wavelengths. When white light passes through a prism, it separates into the colors of the visible spectrum based on their wavelengths.


What separates white light into the colors?

White light is separated into colors through the process of refraction. This occurs when white light passes through a prism, causing the different wavelengths of light to bend at different angles, separating them into the distinct colors of the visible spectrum.


What frequencies of visible light are transmitted through a piece of glass if the glass appears orange?

The frequencies of visible light transmitted through orange glass are predominantly in the range of 590 to 620 nanometers. This corresponds to the orange wavelengths of light that are absorbed by the glass, while other wavelengths are blocked or absorbed to create the orange color.


What are the three types of centered wavelengths of light?

The three types of centered wavelengths of light are ultraviolet, visible, and infrared. Ultraviolet light has shorter wavelengths than visible light, while infrared light has longer wavelengths. The visible spectrum, where light is visible to the human eye, falls between ultraviolet and infrared wavelengths.


Why white light separates into its components when passing through a prism?

because the light (the royghiv) have different wavelengths hence they are deflected non uniformly. The different wavelengths/frequencies have different indices of refraction for the same glass.


What frequencies of visible light are transmitted through a piece of glass if the glass appears clear?

It really depends on the type of glass. "Glass" is a more or less generic name for different substances that look transparent for us. The normal glass is mainly transparent for visible light; it will absorb both most ultraviolet light, and most infrared light.


Visible light contains various wave lengths what are the wavelengths in nanometers?

Visible light wavelengths range from approximately 400 to 700 nanometers. This corresponds to violet light at the shortest wavelengths and red light at the longest wavelengths in the visible spectrum.


What happen when light pass through red glass?

All wavelengths of other colors of visible light are absorbed, only the wavelengths of red light will pass thru the glass.


Light energy with wavelengths longer than visible red?

Light energy with wavelengths longer than visible red is infrared light.


What separates visible light into is many colors by bending each wavelength at a different angle?

A prism separates visible light into its different colors, as it is made up of a transparent material that causes light to refract at different angles depending on its wavelength or color. This phenomenon is called dispersion, with shorter wavelengths (like blue) bending more than longer wavelengths (like red), creating a spectrum of colors.