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Grade 11Modern Physics

Consider the situation described in the previous problem. Show that the force on the sphere due to the light falling on it is the same even if the sphere is not perfectly absorbing.

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12 Years agoGrade 11
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Profile image of Jitender Pal
12 Years ago
Sol. For a perfectly reflecting solid sphere of radius ‘r’ kept in the path of a parallel beam of light of large aperture with intensity ‘I’, force exerted = π^2l/C