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Generally, some will get reflected and some will get absorbed and converted to heat.

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Q: What happens when a light hits an opaque material?
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What happens when light hits a opaque material?

Generally, some will get reflected and some will get absorbed and converted to heat.


What happens when light passes through one transparent material into clear water?

the light is transmitted through the transparent material into the water which is transmitted untill it hits soething opaque amd the light is absorbed into that.


What happens to light when it hits transparent or opaque liquid crystal in a digital watch?

light passes through transparent, and reflects off opaque.


What happens when light hits something opaque?

the light will stop going straight and it might observe the metrial


What is it called when light hits a surface that it cannot pass through?

There is no scientific term for what happens when light hits an opaque object I'm afraid to say.


What happens when light hits opaque materials?

Generally, some will get reflected and some will get absorbed and converted to heat.


What shadow appears when light hits an opaque object?

An opaque shadow


Does an opaque object reflect or absorb light?

An opaque object absorbs all the light that hits it. That's whythere's never any light left to come out of the other side.


When light hits something opaque we get a shadow so why do we have almost no shadow when the sun is high and there seems to be more light?

Because the Shadow is also dependent on the angle of the light source compared to the opaque object.


What happens to the colors of white light when it hits opaque colored surfaces?

any colors that are not part of the color of the object are absorbed by the object. light of the colors that do make up the color of the object are reflected back to your eyes.


What happens when light hits a transparent material?

Even though you can see through a material..i.e. it is transparent...it may have color and a physicist will want to know this information. What type of light is hitting this material is important to include in your question as well as the type of transparent material. What type of light? (and the strength ...source would be great) What type of material? What color is the material? Answer: It allows light to pass through a material


What happens when light hits an object it cannot pass through?

If the light can not pass through a object it is opaque . The light will reflect or be absorbed by the object.