Related Experiment Video
Updated: Jun 15, 2026

Scattering And Absorption of Light in Planetary Regoliths
Published on: July 1, 2019
Scattering of solar radiation by hexagonal ice crystals
Abstract:
The classical ray optics approximation has been applied to compute the angular scattering of light by finitesized hexagonal ice crystals in the form of columns and plates. The results are presented at a wavelength of 0.55 microm for a random orientation of the crystals either in space or in a plane. The results are also compared to those of ice spheres. For the first time the angular light scattering of platelike crystals and a quantitative description of the 46 degrees halo are given. Contrary to earlier studies, it is shown that both plate- and columnlike ice crystals show a strong backscattering. In agreement with previous studies, ice spheres are found to scatter-when compared to ice prisms-less energy at angles near 90 degrees . With regard to the effect of orientation on the light scattering, it is shown that columnlike crystals randomly oriented in a plane behave rather like spherical particles and not like columns randomly oriented in space.
More Related Videos
06:49In situ Grazing Incidence Small Angle X-ray Scattering on Roll-To-Roll Coating of Organic Solar Cells with Laboratory X-ray Instrumentation
Published on: March 2, 2021
06:05Using Neutron Spin Echo Resolved Grazing Incidence Scattering to Investigate Organic Solar Cell Materials
Published on: January 15, 2014
Related Concept Videos
X-ray Crystallography
Diffraction
Diffraction is the change in the direction of travel experienced by an electromagnetic wave when it encounters a physical barrier whose dimensions are comparable to those of the wavelength of the light. X-rays are electromagnetic radiation with wavelengths about as long as the distance between neighboring...
Determination of Crystal Structures
Structures of Solids
Ionic Crystal Structures
Most monatomic ions behave as charged spheres, and their attraction for ions of opposite charge is the same in every direction. Consequently, stable structures for ionic compounds result (1) when ions of one charge are surrounded by as many ions as possible of the opposite...
Hückel's Rule Diagram of π MOs: Frost Circle
A Frost circle is constructed by drawing a polygon whose number of edges is equal to the number of carbons of the given cyclic system, with one of the vertices pointing down. Then, a circle is drawn enclosing the polygon so that...
Radiation: Applications
The average...