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The short answer is that the photons are not energetic enough. Photons of x-rays and gamma rays are energetic enough to pass through metal.
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Does u.v. rays go through metal?
No uv rays do not go through metal -Cybil
Can UV rays go through wax paper?
yes, but it drastically reduces them
Do uv rays go to Antarctica?
Yes, they do. UV rays enter Antarctica because of the ozone hole there.
What three things are required for plants to go through photosynesis?
Uv rays, carbon dioxide, and water
Can light go through thin skin?
yes. it doesn't matter how thick or thin your skin is. The melatonin in your skin gets activated from the UV rays of the sun.
Can UV Rays be reflected by a mirror?
Purely from observation of devices utilising UV rays i'd go with yes, as there are personal solar chargers that include mirrored reflectors to increase charge efficiencies.
What light waves can go through an object?
Depends on the "object" and the frequency of the "light." All light waves can go through SOME objects, and some are stopped by an object that others can go right through. Radio waves can easily go through walls, optical light waves can go through glass, UV light can be easily stopped by many objects but can go through some others, and x-rays and gamma rays go through a wide variety of objects.
When You go to a tanning salon what kinds of rays do you get hit with- are they UV?
yes they are uv and cause the most savage kind of skin cancer Malignant Melanoma
What cells give rise to skin cancers?
The skin cells themselves, as they go through abnomal division as a result of exposure to things such as carbon black, gamma rays, or UV radiation.
What kind of light causes paint to fade and is it visible ifared or ultraviolet?
it is actually the UV rays that go through the paint and destroy the photons of color in the paint almost like a filter
Why can't ghosts go into sunlight?
because they are a form of energy which cannot withstand the the uv rays of sun
Why can't ghosts go into direct sunlight?
because they are a form of energy which cannot withstand the the uv rays of sun
