Re: [Phys-L] color of the sky

[John Denker <jsd@av8n.com>]

On 9/24/24 4:07 PM, Larry Smith via Phys-l wrote:
> What color would the sky be if the atmosphere were 100% argon?

It depends on what you mean.
100% argon, other thing being equal ... what other things?

Same total mass (same sea level pressure)?
Same thickness (in km) of atmosphere?
Same number of particles (atoms / molecules)?


Some guy worked out the relevant formula.....


Equation 17c here:
https://einsteinpapers.press.princeton.edu/vol3-trans/261

"Theorie der Opaleszenz von homogenen Flüssigkeiten und Flüssigkeitsgemischen in der Nähe des kritischen Zustandes".
Annalen der Physik. 338 (16): 1275–1298.
doi:10.1002/andp.19103381612. ISSN 0003-3804.