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		signa11 25 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Why is the sky blue? didn’t cv raman prove just that via his raman-effect for which he got the noble prize ?

jabl 24 days ago [–]

Kind of, but not really.

Rayleigh scattering is elastic (only the direction changes), whereas Raman scattering is inelastic (energy, that is color changes in addition to direction) scattering.

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