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Why do metals reflect light?

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Why metals reflect light?

it mantels mined and fun


If the Moon's rock is not metallic then how does it reflect light from the sun to shine down on us?

Metals are not the only things that reflect light. Can you see anything around you that is not metal? You see it because it is reflecting light.


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There are few electrons in shells (electron shells are energy levels) that scatter photons in transparent matter, In metals there are many so metals are opaque and they also can reflect light (the photons "bounce" off the metal surface).


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What is the difference between the way black and white surfaces affect light?

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