In the white light of Sun, maximum scattering by the air molecules present in the earth’s atmosphere is for —
red colour
yellow colour
green colour
blue colour
Spectrum
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In the white light of Sun, maximum scattering by the air molecules present in the earth’s atmosphere is for 1. red colour 2. yellow colour 3. green colour 4. blue colour

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blue colour Reason Intensity of scattered light is found to be inversely proportional to the fourth power of the wavelength of light. (i.e., I ∝ ). As blue light has lowest wavelength, hence, the blue light is scattered the most.

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In the white light of Sun, maximum scattering by the air molecules present in the earth’s atmosphere is for —
red colour
yellow colour
green colour
blue colour

Spectrum

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