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How the beam would bend if the speed of light were the same in both air and water?
In that case, the ray of light would not be bent when going from one substance to another. It would be the same as if the substance remained in the same substance, for example, air. Refraction depends on the index of refraction, which is directly related to the speed of light in a substance - and not on any other physical characteristic of the substance.
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If you were traveling on a beam of light the beam would?
Traveling on a beam of light is not possible for objects with mass, as light moves at the fastest speed in the universe and cannot be caught up to. Traveling at the speed of light would also cause time dilation effects, where time would appear to stand still for the traveler.
What happens to the beam of light when it hits the water?
When a beam of light hits water, it can undergo refraction, which causes it to change direction due to the change in speed between air and water. Some of the light may also be reflected off the surface of the water.
What is the speed of electrons in the beam?
The speed of electrons in the beam is typically close to the speed of light, which is about 186,282 miles per second.
What would happen if albert could ride a beam of light?
According to Einstein's theory of relativity, as an object with mass approaches the speed of light, its mass would increase infinitely and it would require infinite energy to accelerate further. Therefore, it is impossible for Albert to ride a beam of light as he has mass.
If you were travelling at the speed of light and turned on a torch in your spaceship would you see a beam of light from the torch?
You can't travel at the speed of light. Accelerating a finite mass to lightspeed requires an infinite amount of energy.If you were traveling at nearly the speed of light, relativity says the beam of light from the torch would appear to you to be traveling just as fast as it would if you were standing still.Uh, it's a bit academic, but in reality there's nothing that says a mass can't travel faster than light. While it's true that a mass can't be accelerated to the speed of light from any lesser velocity, it doesn't rule out masses that might always have had a velocity greater than the speed of light.
What is the average light speed when light beam emerges from water into air?
The speed of light in air is approx 299,700,000 metres per second. This is not very different from its maximum speed which is its speed in vacuum: 299,792,458 metres per second. The fact that the beam emerges from water is irrelevant.
If you were traveling on a beam of light the beam would?
Traveling on a beam of light is not possible for objects with mass, as light moves at the fastest speed in the universe and cannot be caught up to. Traveling at the speed of light would also cause time dilation effects, where time would appear to stand still for the traveler.
What happens to the beam of light when it hits the water?
When a beam of light hits water, it can undergo refraction, which causes it to change direction due to the change in speed between air and water. Some of the light may also be reflected off the surface of the water.
Why the speed of electron beam is greater than the light speed in cathode ray oscilloscope?
Why is the speed of the electron beam greater than the speed of light in cathode ray oscilloscope.
What is the speed of electrons in the beam?
The speed of electrons in the beam is typically close to the speed of light, which is about 186,282 miles per second.
What was Albert Einstein's amazing idea about the speed of light?
That, no matter who measured the speed of a beam of light, the result would be the same. In other words, someone travelling at 99% the speed of light would measure the same speed as someone standing still (all realtive to the light source).
What happens to the speed of light when it travels from air into water?
the speed of light never changes but when the light beam goes from air to water, it refracts. this is when the light beam alters direction because it hits an object of greater or less density (in this case it is higher).
How fast does lighthouse beam travel?
at the speed of light
How absorption and scattering can affect beam of light?
How absorption and scattering can affect a beam of light is if the beam of light is farther away from an object, the light would be dimmer. But, if the beam of light was closer to the object, then the light would appear brighter.
How can absorption and scattering affect a beam of light?
How absorption and scattering can affect a beam of light is if the beam of light is farther away from an object, the light would be dimmer. But, if the beam of light was closer to the object, then the light would appear brighter.
What is the speed of the laser beam in miles per second?
The same as the speed of light
If a plane is traveling at the speed of light and turns on its head ligths will the light be even with the plane?
A plane CAN'T travel at the speed of light.If a hypothetical super-spacecraft goes very close to the speed of light, and a beam of light is emitted from the spacecraft in the "forward" direction, the speed of the beam of light from the spacecraft would be measured to be the so-called "speed of light", i.e., 300 million meters per second. Note that the speed of this beam of light, as measured from Earth, would ALSO be 300 million meters per second. This seems weird, or even impossible, but it has been confirmed by the famous Michelson-Morley experiment, and explained by the Special Theory of Relativity.
