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Do opaque and translucent and transparent materials reflect and absorb light and if so what is amount of light reflected and absorbed comparatively?
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∙ 14y ago
An opaque object neither absorbs nor reflects all light. How much it absorbs and how much it reflects depends on the color of the object. An opaque object does not allow light to pass through. Hold up your wallet and look at it. Even if you hold it up to a strong light, you will not see any light coming through it. But the wallet has a color, and this means it is absorbing some light, and it is reflecting some light.
To say that an object absorbs some light is NOT the same as saying that the absorbed light must pass through the object. Light that passes through a translucent or transparent object is not absorbed; if it were, you wouldn't see it coming through, would you?
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∙ 12y ago
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∙ 14y agoThe question omits the matter of how much incident light is "transmitted", i.e. passed through.
That's kind of important.
Opaque . . . transmits none
Translucent . . . transmits some
Transparent . . . transmits most or all
The incident light that's NOT transmitted is either absorbed or reflected. How much of each depends on
the specific material, and in general we don't know that.
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∙ 11y agoTranslucent means "pass light". Transparent means "pass image".
You could learn this by looking in a good dictionary.
A translucent glass might be installed in your toilet room so that people could not see your minor private parts but light could shine in
An ordinary window, transparent, is one you would want to see through in both directions.
Reflection is the bouncing of light from one surface to another direction.
Refraction is the bending of light as it passes through mediums of different refractive indices.
Absorption is the loss of energy suffered by a photon when it interacts with matter and usually results in heat. [unless it is really hot].
The simple answer is that translucent objects do all three!
JCF
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∙ 15y agotransparent means almost all light passes through
translucent means about 50% of light passes through
opaque means no light passes through
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∙ 10y agoAn opaque object absorbs all the light that hits it. That's why
there's never any light left to come out of the other side.
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Explain what happens to light upon meeting opaque and transparent materials?
opaque material: some light will get reflected and some will get absorbed transparent material: light will go though it
What determines the color of an translucent object?
The colour of something is usually determined by the light waves reflected by it. We see what is reflected and not what is absorbed. This applies to opaque objects as well as translucent ones.
When light strikes a transparent material most of the light is reflected true or false?
true
What happen when light strikes a smooth and shiny colored glass?
If the glass is translucent then some is reflected back while some frequencies pass through. Ultraviolet is blocked by glass.
Can your eyes only see colors that bounce off or are reflected by an object?
Yes, everything you see is the light that is reflected by objects/materials. It is the properties of a material that determines the color of the light it reflects.
What happens to the color of light that are not transmitted through a transparent or a translucent material?
they reflected
What happens to light upon meeting opaque and transparent materials?
opaque material: some light will get reflected and some will get absorbed transparent material: light will go though it
Explain what happens to light upon meeting opaque and transparent materials?
opaque material: some light will get reflected and some will get absorbed transparent material: light will go though it
Is a metal spoon transparent opaque or translucent?
Nope. It only reflects. Refraction is pretty much distortion.
What determines the color of an translucent object?
The colour of something is usually determined by the light waves reflected by it. We see what is reflected and not what is absorbed. This applies to opaque objects as well as translucent ones.
What happens to the colors of light that are not transmitted through a transmitted or a translucent material?
they reflected
5 examples of translucent?
Translucent materials do not preserve the qualities and details of light passing through them. Thin eggshells are translucent, as is baking paper, tracing paper, frosted glass, and some plastic films.
Is a mirror transparent?
the entire object, no because the definition of transparent is 'lets light pass through', and obviously it doesn't because it provides a reflected image, but the glass part is transparent.
What is happening to a wave if it is being reflected?
when a wave is been reflected, the direction of the wave changes. The speed of a reflected wave depend on the material that caused the reflection, either it's an opaque, transluscent or transparent material. The speed of reflection is greater in the following ascending order. Transparent, transluscent and Opaque.
Is a mirror opaque or translucent?
Opaque- it does not allow any light to pass (all light is reflected back).
When light strikes a transparent material most of the light is reflected true or false?
true
If a glass is transparent why do you see mirror images of ourselves when you look out the window of a lighted room?
Because glass is not perfectly transparent, some of the light is reflected
