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  2. Heat transfer physics - Wikipedia

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    Thus, the larger the carrier density, heat capacity and speed, and the less significant the scattering, the higher is the conductivity. For phonon λ p represents the interaction (scattering) kinetics of phonons and is related to the scattering relaxation time τ p or rate (= 1/τ p) through λ p = u p τ p.

  3. Atmospheric optics - Wikipedia

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    On a sunny day, Rayleigh scattering gives the sky a blue gradient, darkest around the zenith and brightest near the horizon. Light rays coming from the zenith take the shortest-possible path (1 ⁄ 38) through the air mass, yielding less scattering. Light rays coming from the horizon take the longest-possible path through the air, yielding more ...

  4. Scattering - Wikipedia

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    The main difference between the effects of single and multiple scattering is that single scattering can usually be treated as a random phenomenon, whereas multiple scattering, somewhat counterintuitively, can be modeled as a more deterministic process because the combined results of a large number of scattering events tend to average out.

  5. Rayleigh scattering - Wikipedia

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    Rayleigh scattering causes the blue color of the daytime sky and the reddening of the Sun at sunset. Rayleigh scattering (/ ˈ r eɪ l i / RAY-lee) is the scattering or deflection of light, or other electromagnetic radiation, by particles with a size much smaller than the wavelength of the radiation.

  6. Spectroscopy - Wikipedia

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    In biochemical spectroscopy, information can be gathered about biological tissue by absorption and light scattering techniques. Light scattering spectroscopy is a type of reflectance spectroscopy that determines tissue structures by examining elastic scattering. [10] In such a case, it is the tissue that acts as a diffraction or dispersion ...

  7. Liquid crystal - Wikipedia

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    Liquid crystal (LC) is a state of matter whose properties are between those of conventional liquids and those of solid crystals.For example, a liquid crystal can flow like a liquid, but its molecules may be oriented in a common direction as in a solid.

  8. Dispersion (chemistry) - Wikipedia

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    Dispersion is a process by which (in the case of solid dispersing in a liquid) agglomerated particles are separated from each other, and a new interface between the inner surface of the liquid dispersion medium and the surface of the dispersed particles is generated. This process is facilitated by molecular diffusion and convection. [4]

  9. Dispersion stability - Wikipedia

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    Multiple light scattering coupled with vertical scanning is one of many techniques monitor the dispersion state of a product, identifying and quantifying destabilisation phenomena. [2] [3] [4] It works on concentrated dispersions without dilution. When light is sent through the sample, it is backscattered by the particles / droplets.