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How does the intensity of scattered light depend on the wavelength of incident light ? State the condition when its dependence hold.

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Intensity of scattered light is inversely proportional to the fourth power of wavelength of light.

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This is the Rayleigh scattering which is valid when size of the particle is less than the wavelength of light.


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