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58. It has been suggested that spacecraft could be powered by the pressure exerted by sunlight striking a sail. The force exerted on a surface is the momentum p transferred to the surface per second. Assume that photons of 6000 Å light strike the sail perpendicularly. How many must be reflected per second by 1 cm² of surface to produce a pressure of 10-6 atm?
Transcribed Image Text:58. It has been suggested that spacecraft could be powered by the pressure exerted by sunlight striking a sail. The force exerted on a surface is the momentum p transferred to the surface per second. Assume that photons of 6000 Å light strike the sail perpendicularly. How many must be reflected per second by 1 cm² of surface to produce a pressure of 10-6 atm?
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Photon flux is to be calculated

Pressure = FORCE/AREA

FORCE = Change in Momentum/ Change in time

Force = 2 x momentum x flux

momentum of photon = h/wavelength of photon

Pressure is given 

10-6 = FORCE /AREA

 

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