Radiation intensity from energy, area, and time
Intensity is a scalar physical quantity that quantitatively characterizes the power carried by
a wave in the direction of propagation per unit area per unit time.
Links:
Wikipedia, derivable from here.
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intensity
(Average) intensity of incident radiation.
- Symbol:
I
- Latex:
\(I\)
- Dimension:
power/area
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energy
energy of incident radiation.
- Symbol:
E
- Latex:
\(E\)
- Dimension:
energy
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area
area.
- Symbol:
A
- Latex:
\(A\)
- Dimension:
area
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time
time.
- Symbol:
t
- Latex:
\(t\)
- Dimension:
time
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law
I = E / (A * t)
- Latex:
\[I = \frac{E}{A t}\]