How does the intensity of the light produced changes with different burning rates
Intensity is like brightness, and is measured as the rate at which
light energy is delivered to a unit of surface, or energy per unit time per unit area Combustion is exothermic reaction. Explanation of atom emitting light. Atoms involved in the reaction release energy. Electron of the atoms lose energy and make a transition from a higher energy level to a lower energy level. The loss of energy of the electron leads to the emission of a single photon of light. The energy of the photon is exactly equal to the energy difference between the two energy levels. Distinctive energy levels of an atom mean that energy of the photons emitted, and hence the wavelengths emitted will be unique to that atom. Hence only the wavelengths emitted by the atoms which are within the visible light spectrum can be seen. Hence the higher the burning rate, the more energy the atoms releases resulting in higher rate of emission of photons which is the visible light wavelength and higher the light intensity is.