Intensity Definition and 898 Threads

I used a Planck's constant kit and varied the frequency of light in order to verify Planck's constant. However I have also used apertures to vary the surface area and I am quite confused as to what to do with this data to relate it back to Planck's constant. The data is as seen in in the...

In any XRD pattern, the intensity unit considered as [a.u.] which stands for arbitary unit [I guess], can anyone tell me what does it mean, I get confused especially with the range of intensity values one material may have, i.e. 0-200 ~0-5000! is it just an arbitary value or what?

Homework Statement A bird watcher is hoping to add a particular song bird to the list of species she has seen. If a person, only 2.11 m from the bird, hears the sound with an intensity of 2.5 x 10^-6 W/m2, how far could the bird watcher be from the bird and still hear it? Assume no...

All right, my 1st-year college chemistry class is just beginning NMR, and I really have no clue what's going on. But what caught my eye was how the relative intensities in hydrogen coupling is roughly predicted by Pascal's triangle. Is this because of probability? For a quartet, the number...

Homework Statement A flashlight lights up a wall a distance L from the small bulb whose wattage is given by W. The conical beam emerges from the flashlight at an angle theta. What is the intensity of light as it hits the wall a distance L from the bulb? Homework Equations I = Power/Area...

I have this assignment in physics class and I'm stuck on this 1 question. What we were doing: We were hanging 0.10kg, 0.20kg weights etc.. on a Newton scale and we were recording the force of gravity. For 0.10kg I recorded 1 N, 0.20kg was 2 N, and so on until 1kg was 10 N. So the question...

For a certain sexah project I'm going to do, I have a bunch of lasers that have an intensity of "<5mW". I have 780nm IR lasers and 650nm red lasers. When i made a lazy hookup to a 3V power source, the red laser was briiiiight which leads me to believe I've only ever used <1mW lasers in our labs...

Hi, I’m hoping some genius can help me out here. I’m trying to determine how many joules of energy per square centimeter (from an LED) are radiated onto a body given the following parameters. LED radiant intensity = 80mW/Sr LED diameter = 5mm LED beam +/- 20 degrees Wavelength = 880nM...

I find that there are two ways in which the relationship between electric field intensity and potential are expressed as mentioned hereunder: (A) E = - dV / dx (V = potential and x is the direction along which V varies) (B) E = - Delta V / Delta x My understanding of the application of...

Homework Statement An electronic point source emits sound isotropically at a frequency of 3000 Hz and a power of 34 watts. A small microphone has an area of 0.74 cm2 and is located 158 meters from the point source. a) What is the sound intensity at the microphone ? b) What is the power...

Homework Statement A fan at a rock concert is 30 from the edge of the stage. The sound intensity level at the edge of the stage is 110 dB. The fan's eardrums have a diameter of 8.4 . How much energy is transferred to each eardrum in one second? (Hint: It may help to asume that the speaker is...

Homework Statement "Two loudspeakers emit sound waves along the x-axis. The sound has maximum intensity when the speakers are 27.5 cm apart. The sound intensity decreases as the distance between the speakers is increased, reaching zero at a separation of 60.5 cm. What is the wavelength of the...

How do I calculate the mean phase-weighted intensity magnitude of a variable star? I.e., if I have binned (magnitude) data points over the whole light curve, how do I change those magnitudes to intensities so that I can get the average intensity and then convert that value back to a magnitude...

Homework Statement A 60-cd lamp and a lamp of unknown intensity are placed 3m apart. A light meter is moved between the two lamps until it reads the same illuminance from both lamps. The light meter is then 1.5 m away from the 60-cd lamp. What is the intensity of the other lamp? Homework...

Homework Statement A man walks into an electric field with a small charged object that has a charged value of 4.2 E-6C. At a distance of 10m from the object that is responsible for the electric field, he notices a force of 8.0 N on the object he is carrying. What is the electric field...

Hi, I'm a junior and I have been assigned a lab that I has completely me blown away! We are to find the intensity of our given light source on a solar panel at different distances. My partner and I understand how to complete the lab, but there is another part of the grade. We are assigned to...

Homework Statement In the equation Beta=10log (I/I (initial) is the I inital always the incident intensity 10^-12? Or if you are moving from one intensity to another, then can the initial intensity be the one you were initially at? For example, if you were moving from an intensity of 5 to...

Homework Statement I have to calculate the frequency of incident light shot at a metal plate.Homework Equations I know the voltage, intensity, and wavelength. wavelength = velocity/frequency frequency = velocity/wavelength voltage = current • resistanceThe Attempt at a Solution There isn't any...

Is there a difference between power and intensity? From some of the literature read(from laser specification), the impression given to me is that power is defined rather as determined over a particular beam spot size(area quantity) while intensity is defined as a quantity that is varied with...

I was wondering if anyone could please explain what an intensity diagram would look like if you had a layer of fresh water ontop of x amount of meters of salt water (or vice versa). What is the concept behind this? How could you draw it? The question keeps popping up in past exam questions but i...

Homework Statement Could anyone help me to explain how the intensity of the double Slit pattern works because I'm looking at the formula and I'm really confused...Homework Equations I=4Icos^2(phi/2) A=2Ecos(phi/2)The Attempt at a Solution

Homework Statement if one clarinet is playing a note at a sound level of 60 dB, what is the sound intensity of 7 clarinets playing identically at one time? Homework Equations is B=(10dB)log(I/Io) relevant to this? The Attempt at a Solution I just need to be pointed in the right...

Homework Statement Two sounds differ in sound level by 2.80 dB. By what factor is the one intensity greater than the other? Homework Equations The Attempt at a Solution Is the equation B = 10dB log(I/Io) relevant?

A machinist is in an environment where the ambient sound level is of 85 dB, i.e., corresponding to the 8 Hours/day noise level. The machinist likes to listen to music, and plays a Boom Box at an average level of 86.0 dB. A.Calculate the INCREASE in the sound level from the ambient work...

Homework Statement A laser blackboard pointer delevers 0.10-mW average power in a beam 0.90 mm in diameter. Homework Equations a) Find the average intensity. b) Find the peak electric field. c) Find the peak magnetic field. The Attempt at a Solution ok for part a) i used...

Homework Statement What is the sound intensity of a whisper at a distance of 3.0 m, in W/m^2 ? What is the corresponding sound intensity level in dB? Homework Equations I=P/4*pi*r^2 The Attempt at a Solution I tried looking up what the power of a whisper was and I can't find...

Homework Statement Question: An Elevator and its load have a mass of 1200 kg. a) what energy must be supplied to lif the elevator and its load ot a height of 100m? Answer: E = _________ Joules b)If the elevator rises at a speed of 5 m/s, how long does it take to cover 100m? Answer t=...

Homework Statement The interference pattern in this image: http://session.masteringphysics.com/problemAsset/1074248/3/22.P45.jpg is seen on a screen 1.0m behind an 950 lines/mm diffraction grating. What is the wavelength of the light? (expressed in nanometers to 2 sig figs) Homework...

Homework Statement Unpolarized light has intensity 15W/m^2 and is incident on a sheet of polarizing material whose transmission axis makes an angle of 25 degrees with the vertical. A second polarizer, whose transmission axis is horizontal, is located just past the first. (a) What is the...

Dear all: If I have a white light source which is at the positive infinite, and there is a plane receiving the light. Assuming that the plane is facing to the light source at the beginning. If I start rotating the plane, and keep recording the intensity of one point of the plane, what...

Hi all. Is the explanation for the fact that it is hotter at equator than other places at the Earth that the intensity of the Suns waves are greater at equator, since the number of beams per area is larger (since they are not scattered that much because of the lack of curvature)? I hope...

Homework Statement Unpolarized light of intensity I0 passes through two pieces of Polaroid sheet. The second piece is rotated so that the intensity of the transmitted light goes to zero. A third piece of Polaroid is inserted between the two pieces. Calculate the intensity as a function of...

Homework Statement A helium-neon laser of the type often found in physics laboratories has a beam power of 3.50 mW at a wavelength of 633 nm. The beam is focused by a lens to a circular spot whose effective diameter may be taken to be equal to 2.00 wavelengths. Calculate the intensity of the...

Homework Statement Unpolarized light is incident on a system of three polarizers. The second polarizer is oriented at an angle of 33.0° with respect to the first and the third is oriented at an angle of 45.0° with respect to the first. If the light that emerges from the system has an intensity...

This is what a book says - “The number of lines per unit area through a surface perpendicular to the lines is proportional to the magnitude of the electric field in that region. Thus, the field lines are close together where the electric field is strong and far apart where...

hi there. there's an example in the book, but I'm having a little trouble here. Homework Statement Assume that the human eye can pick up as few as 9 photons/s in the visible range. Based on this, estimate the intensity of the dimmest star that can be detected by a night-adapted eye. What...

Homework Statement A laser beam passes through a converging lens with a focal length of 19cm. At what distance past the lens has the laser beam's intensity increased by a factor of 6? Homework Equations I=\frac{c\epsilon_0 E_0^2}{2} ?? The Attempt at a Solution To be honest, I'm...

Homework Statement Two sheets of polarizing material are placed with their transmission axes at right angles to each other. A third polarizing sheet is placed between them with its transmission axis at 46° to the axis of the first one. (a) If unpolarized light of intensity I0 is incident...

Homework Statement Unpolarized light is incident on a system of three polarizers. The second polarizer is oriented at an angle of 28.0° with respect to the first and the third is oriented at an angle of 45.0° with respect to the first. If the light that emerges from the system has an...

The intensity of the test charge should be very less cause it will disrupt the field. Question is will it matter even if it disrupts the field? Consider 2 point charges q1 and q0 (take this as the test charge), as the intensity of 2 increases, so does the magnitude of force that applies on...

stuck on light intensity problem... 1. Homework Statement http://s685.photobucket.com/albums/vv212/dewdr0p714/?action=view&current=physicsexam2q5withoutphotocell.jpg A conducting rod slides down 2 frictionless copper tracks at a constant velocity. There is a .50 T magnetic field...

Homework Statement Show that intensity of radiation(EM wave) falls off with depth z as I(z)= Ie^(-2niwz/c) where I = initial intensity and ni=complex paert of refractive index Homework Equations I have tried the solving the solution using poynting vector. I have been...

The photoelectric current is known to be directly proportional to the intensity of incident light with fixed frequency. Questions: 1) What are the experimental values of this proportionality constant for various fixed frequencies? 2) Is there a theoretical derivation that provides a formula...

Homework Statement When playing fortissimo (very loudly), a trumpet emits sound energy at a rate of 0.800 W out of a bell (opening) of diameter 12.7 cm. (a) What is the sound intensity level right in front of the trumpet? (b) If the trumpet radiates sound waves uniformly in all...

I am making a high intensity LED light panel for my aquarium. I got 15 1w Luxeon white LEDs rated at 350mA max continuous current and 3.42V forward voltage. The LED driver I am planning to use is Xitanium LED-120A-0024V-10F. Here is a link to the datasheet...

hi folks, here's another problem I've made a few incorrect guesses on. On my other post I may have not mentioned the potential for errors in using various SI units, but I think in general I'm careful enough so I'll continue to not worry about that in this post. So assume I know enough to...

Homework Statement How far will a beam of muons with kinetic energy (a) 1 MeV, (b) 100 GeV travel in empty space before its intensity is reduced by half? Homework Equations See below The Attempt at a Solution My main problem with this is that it looks like we won't be taught the...

Hi, I'm new to the technical aspects of astronomy and I'm having trouble quantifying what the definitions of some of these terms are. I can find equations that relate most of them, but I'm not sure how to use any of them. The terms are specific intensity, flux, flux density, and monochromatic...

Homework Statement A concert loudspeaker suspended high off the ground emits 36 W of sound power. A small microphone with a 1.0 cm^2 area is 48m from the speaker. What is the sound intensity at the position of the microphone? What is the sound intensity level at the position of the...

Homework Statement : The diagram represents two coherent light sources emitting light of equal intensity and wavelength. The intensity of the light at point P is zero. Which of the following could be the difference in path length taken by the light in traveling from each source to point P...