Does The Color Of Light Affect Cooking Results If A Solar Cooker Is Used?
I’m trying to find information on this for a science project which I have to finish by April.
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Why don’t you try it? Maybe blue light is better because it has slightly more energy, or maybe red light, because it’s closer to infrared.
You have to make sure the lights are all the same brightness though. A 100 W blue lightbulb will make a very different amount of energy as a 100 W red bulb.
A green light that looks just as bright as a blue light actually has less energy.
So you have to find some way of making everything equal. The brightness of the different colors in sunlight are not equal. So you can’t just split it with a prism.
Hope this helps.
I don’t think it will, but test it. What matters is how much heat goes into the food. If the food is the same color as the light, then it will be less efficient, since that color will tend to be reflected instead of absorbed. Perhaps black beans cook faster than red beans. That might be a good experiment. Also brown or wild rice vs. white rice.