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Why is red light scattered the least?


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Red light is scattered the least due to the following reasons: -

  1. The scattering of red light is not always less. It scatters from white powders, water bubbles, clouds, snow, and anything else with scattering centers larger than a wavelength of light in a manner comparable to every other color.
  2. However, they are too small to scatter light in the case of smoke particles or air molecules. (Without a doubt.)
  3. They scatter light with a very small quantity of scatter and a low likelihood. However, the closer the wavelength is to the size of the scattering particles, the greater the likelihood of scattering.
  4. For instance, a small particle can have a greater impact on a light source with a shorter wavelength, like blue light (450 nm), than one with a longer wavelength, like red light (650 nm).
  5. Since red light has longer wavelength, therefore it scatters less

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