Sentences with phrase «absorbed molecules away»

Not exact matches

Since the gas molecule absorbs and the re-radiates the wave equally in all directions it must radiate half away and half back.

Either of these GHGs will gain energy if they absorb IR from the ground (or from GHGs in the atmosphere), but then when they collide with other molecules (almost always N2 or O2) they will give away that extra energy until they are at the same average energy as the rest of the air.

When a photon hits a molecule, if it has too much energy, enough is absorbed to boost an electron to the next higher orbit and the rest is immediately radiated away.