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How is intensity "I" of scattered light related to wavelength "lembda" of incident light?

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Hi Deepan!

The intensity of scattered light is inversely proportional to the fourth power of the wavelength. Intensity of scattered light also depends upon the distance to the particle, scattering angle and refractive index of the particle.
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