Author Question: When ultraviolet light is incident upon glass, atoms in the glass A) are forced into vibration. ... (Read 245 times)

nmorano1 · **on:** Jul 29, 2018

When ultraviolet light is incident upon glass, atoms in the glass

A) are forced into vibration.
B) resonate.
C) pass the light energy along practically undiminished.
D) freely absorb and re-emit most of the ultraviolet light.

Question 2

Consider light energy that is momentarily absorbed in glass and then re-emitted. Compared to the absorbed light, the frequency of the re-emitted light is

A) considerably less.
B) slightly less.
C) the same.
D) slightly more.
E) considerably more.