​Raman Effect

  • Raman Effect is referred to the discovery made by Indian physicist CV Raman in 1928.
  • When light is scattered by matter, almost all of the scattering is an elastic process (Rayleigh scattering) due to which there is no change in energy.
  • However, a very small percentage of scattering is an inelastic process (Raman scattering). This small part of the scattered light has wavelengths different from that of the incident light; its presence is a result of the Raman Effect.
  • CV Raman was honored with the Nobel Prize in 1930.
  • National Science Day is celebrated on 28th of February every year in ....
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