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Q. The radiation pressure (in $N \,m ^{-2}$ ) of the visible light is of the order of

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Solution:

In $1903$ , the American scientists Nicols and Hull measured the radiation pressure of visible light. It was found to be of the order of $7 \times 10^{-6} \,N\, m ^{-2}$.