Q. When white light is passed through a colloidal solution containing fine suspended particles of gold, then the scattered light seen in a direction different from that of the incident light is :
A) Yellow coloured
B) Blue coloured
C) Green coloured
D) Red coloured
Explanation
(b)
Scattering of blue light is maximum because scattering $\propto \frac{1}{\lambda^{4}}.$
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