Question:
Show that the radiation pressure exerted by an EM wave of intensity I on a surface kept in vacuum is I/c.
Solution:
Energy received by the surface per second = E = IA
No.of photons received by the surface per second = N
The perfect absorbing is = h/λ
Pressure, P = F/A = I/c
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