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Photoelectric effect. Photoelectric effect. Photoelectric effect. X-rays. Laue diffraction. Bragg scattering planes. Bragg scattering angle. X-ray spectrometer. X-ray spectrum. Why is the sky blue?. Rayleigh scattering (classical)
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Why is the sky blue? • Rayleigh scattering (classical) • absorption & re-radiation of light from electrons in atom • scattered wavelength the same as absorbed wavelength • in contrast, Compton scattering changes the wavelength of X-rays