日常生活中的科学

Why is the sky blue?

If wave speed is fixed, doubling frequency halves wavelength because v = fλ.

简短答案

If wave speed is fixed, doubling frequency halves wavelength because v = fλ.

真正发生了什么?

光谱学研究物质如何随波长、频率或能量发射、吸收和散射电磁辐射。离散谱线与原子能级结构直接相关,而分子光谱还会反映振动和转动自由度。

光谱学研究物质如何随波长、频率或能量发射、吸收和散射电磁辐射。离散谱线与原子能级结构直接相关,而分子光谱还会反映振动和转动自由度。

Hydrogen emits discrete spectral lines because electrons change between quantized energy states.

一个有用的直观图景

Visible light interacts with molecules in the atmosphere. Shorter visible wavelengths are scattered more strongly, which is why the daytime sky usually looks blue.

深入理解

Waves · Spectroscopy

资料来源

IUPAC · NIST · BIPM