What is the surface temperature of a star that has a peak wavelength of 290 nm?
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There are two conditions necessary for total internal reflection, which is when light hits the boundary between two mediums and reflects back into its original medium:
Light is about to pass from a more optically dense medium (slower) to a less optically dense medium (faster).
The angle of incidence is greater than the defined critical angle for the two mediums, which is given by:
θ = sin⁻¹(/
)
Where θ = critical angle, = refractive index of faster medium,
= refractive index of slower medium.
Choice C gives one of the above necessary conditions.
A single photon carries an energy equal to
where h is the Planck's constant and f is the frequency of the photon.
This means that the higher the frequency of the light, the higher the energy. Among the 5 different options mentioned by the problem, the light with highest frequency is ultraviolet, which has frequencies in the range [3-30] PHz, while visible light (red, blue, green) and infrared have lower frequency, so ultraviolet light has the highest energy per photon.
where h is the Planck's constant and f is the frequency of the photon.
This means that the higher the frequency of the light, the higher the energy. Among the 5 different options mentioned by the problem, the light with highest frequency is ultraviolet, which has frequencies in the range [3-30] PHz, while visible light (red, blue, green) and infrared have lower frequency, so ultraviolet light has the highest energy per photon.