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Chapter 27. Light. Electromagnetic Waves. Electromagnetic Waves - waves carrying energy emitted by vibrating electrons Also know as… Light Radiation Photons. Model of Light Wave. Transverse (NOT longitudinal). Light Wave Speed. The speed of light is the same for all f orms of light.
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Chapter 27 Light
Electromagnetic Waves • Electromagnetic Waves - waves carrying energy emitted by vibrating electrons • Also know as… • Light • Radiation • Photons
Model of Light Wave Transverse (NOT longitudinal)
Light Wave Speed • The speed of light is the same for all forms of light. • It is 3.0 x 108 m/s (or 186,000 miles/s) in a vacuum. • Light speed decreases with different mediums.
Electromagnetic Spectrum A range of light waves extending in wavelength from radio waves to gamma rays.
The Visible Spectrum A range of light waves extending in wavelength from about 400 to 700 namometers. Basically, different wavelength = different color!
Question • Is it correct to say that radio wave is a low-frequency light wave? • Yup. Low frequency = low energy
Question • Why is the sun dangerous to view with the unprotected eye? • High frequency = high energy
Chapter 28 Color
The Colors We See… • We see the colors that are REFLECTED. • We don’t see the colors that are ABSORBED.
Two opposite situations. • If ALL colors are Reflected (none absorbed)… • We see WHITE! • If NO colors are Reflected (all absorbed)… • We see BLACK! Absorbing light = increased heat Which part of the rabbit is warmer?
Red paint • What primary color(s) is reflected? • RED!! That’s why we can see it! • In red paint, what primarycolor(s) is absorbed fromwhite light? • Yellow & Blue • Green Paint • What primary color(s) isreflected? • Yellow & Blue!! That’s why we see Green! • In green paint, what primarycolor(s) is absorbed fromwhite light? • Red
Spectrum • Visible white light forms a pattern due to wavelength. • Red (longest wavelength = less energy) • Orange • Yellow • Green • Blue • Violet (shortest wavelength = more energy)
The Kirchhoff-Bunsen Experiment • These two scientists found that burning chemicals over an open flame resulted in a spectrum with bright lines. • They found that each chemical element produced its own characteristic pattern of bright spectral lines.
Emission Spectra • Hot gas produces a bright line emission spectrum. • Demo - hot hydrogen gas and diffraction gratings Emission Spectrum
Hydrogen Helium Oxygen Carbon Every element can be “fingerprinted” by it spectra.
The color (wavelength) of light emitted by a hot object changes with its temperature. • Glowing object colors: • Reddish coolest glowing object • Orange-ish • Yellowish • (White) • Bluish hottest glowing object
Emission Spectra of Hydrogen Discrete Emission Spectrum Slit Film Low Density Glowing Hydrogen Gas Prism Photographic Film
Absorption Spectraof Hydrogen Discrete Emission Spectrum Discrete Absorption Spectrum Slit Hydrogen Gas Film White Light Source Prism Photographic Film
Emission Spectra • Therefore, each element emits is own characteristic pattern of light frequencies.
Chapter 29 Reflection & Refraction
Law of Reflection Angle of Reflection = Angle of Incidence
Example Question… • What is the measure of angle theta? • 55 degrees
Winning at Pool… • Imagine you areshooting at the mirror image of the red ball.
What is wrong with this picture? • The girl in Manet'spainting, The Bar at the Folies-Bergeres, isstanding in front of a large mirror. • We see her back reflected and the face of a man sheseems to be talking to. • From the law of reflection what is wrong with thispainting?
Index of Refraction • Higher index of refraction = more angle!
Refraction Equations • n1 sinθ1 = n2 sinθ2 • n = v1/v2 (v = 3.00 x 106 m/s) • When light starts in air, n = sinθ1/sinθ2 • Because n1 = 1.00 in air or vacuum
Chapter 31 Diffraction & Interference
Diffraction • The bending of light around an obstacles or through a narrow slit in such a way that fringes of light and dark bans are produced.
What does the size of the opening do to the waves? • Smaller opening = more bending!
Wave Interference In some places the water wavefronts are in phase (bright spots). In other places the fronts overlap with peak and valley and interfere destructively (darker spots).