Illumination : Study of light

 Luminous flux: 

The measure of the amount of light coming out of a light source.    S.I unit -> Lumen.

Luminous intensity:

The Intensity of light per unit solid angle in a particular direction.    S.I unit -> Candela

Laws of Illumination-

  • Illumination at a point is directly proportional to the luminous intensity of the light source.
  • Illuminance at a point is inversely proportional to the squared distance between the light source and the point.
  • It is directly proportional to the cosine of the angle between the perpendicular and the line joining the point of consideration and the light source.

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