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When light is passed through a suspension, it’s intensity decreases due to _________

(a) Both scattering and diffraction

(b) Both diffraction and absorption

(c) Absorption only

(d) Both scattering and absorption

The question was posed to me in unit test.

My question is from Aerosols in chapter Particulates, Acid Rain & Aerosols of Environmental Engineering

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Correct answer is (d) Both scattering and absorption

Easy explanation: Light intensity decreases when passed through a suspension due to scattering and absorption of light by suspended particles.

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