Question

Radiation exerts pressure on surfaces on which it lalls (radintion pressure). Will this pressure be greater on a shiny surface or a dark surface

Answer 1

Shiny surface.

Step-by-step explanation:

We know that radiation pressure is the pressure over a surface exposed to electromagnetic radiation.

Where if the radiation is absorbed by the material (like in the case of a dark surface), the pressure is the energy density flux divided by the speed of light, while if the radiation is totally reflected (idealized case, but we can suppose that this happens for a shiny surface) the pressure is twice pressure for the absorbed case.

This is a simplification for the radiation pressure but is enough to conclude that the radiation pressure is always greater on reflective surfaces, then for this case, the pressure will be greater on a shiny surface than in a dark surface,