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Tyndall Effect

The document discusses the Tyndall effect, which is the scattering of light caused by very small particles suspended in a transparent medium. An Irish scientist named John Tyndall discovered this effect after observing light bouncing off tiny particles in air and liquids. The effect can be seen when sunlight enters a room through a window and illuminates dust particles, or when shining a laser through diluted milk or other colloidal solutions. It explains that the Tyndall effect is responsible for the blue color of the sky due to Rayleigh scattering of shorter wavelength blue light by air molecules.

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Tyndall Effect

The document discusses the Tyndall effect, which is the scattering of light caused by very small particles suspended in a transparent medium. An Irish scientist named John Tyndall discovered this effect after observing light bouncing off tiny particles in air and liquids. The effect can be seen when sunlight enters a room through a window and illuminates dust particles, or when shining a laser through diluted milk or other colloidal solutions. It explains that the Tyndall effect is responsible for the blue color of the sky due to Rayleigh scattering of shorter wavelength blue light by air molecules.

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PowerPoint Handouts for Tyndall Effect

Tyndall Effect

It is often seen from the dust in the air


when sunlight comes in through a
window, or comes down through holes in
clouds.

Tyndall Effect
An Irish Scientist named John In liquids the tyndall effect can be easily seen by using a
Tyndall discovered that light laser pointer. If you dilute milk to where it is almost clear,
bounced off of tiny particles in
or if you have any type of sol, such as colloidal silver,
the air and in liquids.
then the beam of the laser can be easily seen as it travels
This scattering of light became through the liquid.
known as the Tyndall Effect

Tyndall Effect Tyndall Effect

is caused by reflection of light by very


small particles in suspension in a
transparent medium.
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Tyndall Effect Raleigh scattering is proportional to


The glass on the left
the inverse fourth power of
contains 5 ppm of wavelength, which means that the
HVAC colloidal silver
and the one on the right
shorter the wavelength of blue light
is from the tap after the will scatter more than the longer
bubbles have settled
out. wavelength of green and red light.

This gives the sky a blue appearance.

Conversely, when one looks towards


the sun at sunset, one sees the colors
Why thesky is that were not scattered away --- the
larger wavelength, red light.

blue?

When one looks at the sky, rather


than seeing the black space, one sees
light from Raleigh scattering off the
air.

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