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Why light can pass through glass but not from wood where as both are solid?
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∙ 12y ago
When light encounters a material, portions of it will be absorbed, reflected, and transmitted. Light that is not absorbed or reflected is transmitted, meaning we can see through the material. How much light is absorbed by a material has mostly to do with features on the molecular, atomic, or sub-atomic scale (e.g. whether electron orbitals can accept energy within a certain range). How much light is reflected (or scattered) has to do with the structural arrangement of the material (e.g. roughness). Transparent materials also absorb and reflect some light which is why you can see your reflection in a window if it is dark behind it.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transparency_and_translucency
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∙ 11y ago
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∙ 16y agoA mirror is a reflective surface, wheras glass is transparent/translucent (depends on the glass)
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∙ 15y agoYA Because a mirror is meant to reflect light.
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∙ 12y agoLight goes through glass as it is transparent, its like there is nothing there.
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∙ 15y agowell yes, or light could not pass through the windows in your house. hope this helped.
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∙ 11y agoWiki User
∙ 12y agoAs glass is transparent, unlike wood.
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No, such a transparent metal is not possible. Metals are a conductor of electricity. As a result of this, electromagnetic waves of the wavelength of light cannot penetrate it.
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Yes, its just that a magnifying glass has a different prescription than eyeglasses.
What is opaque transparent and translucent?
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Can both light and sound travel through glass?
Both light and sound can indeed travel through glass. These are substances in which light and sound often travel through.
When you melt glass the glass changes from a solid to a liquid. When the heat source is removed and the melted glass is allowed to cool it changes back into a solid?
Yes, this is true. Heated glass goes through both a chemical and physical change. As it cools, it again goes through both a chemical and physical change.Consider the types of changes that the substance "glass" goes through during glassblowing. This is a wonderful video from the Chrysler Museum Glass Studio.
Can light travel through plastic or glass?
Yes it can. Unless the plastic and/or glass is too thick. Some types of glass and plastics make it harder for light to go through. ----------- The question is: Can light pass througth plastic or glass? The answer has to be either "both" or "glass", instead simply saying "yes"
How are glass and steel alike?
their both solid
What frequencies of visible light are transmitted through a piece of glass if the glass appears clear?
It really depends on the type of glass. "Glass" is a more or less generic name for different substances that look transparent for us. The normal glass is mainly transparent for visible light; it will absorb both most ultraviolet light, and most infrared light.
Explain why a flat piece of glass does not bring light to a focus while a curved piece of glass can?
When light passes through a flat piece of glass, like a window, the light is refracted at both surfaces, but the exiting ray of light is parallel to the entering ray and hence the light's path is not really changed.
A microscope contains one or more glass lenses what do the lenses do to light that passes through them?
A microscope contains one or more glass lenses that refract light that passes through them. Both microscopes and magnifying glasses utilize convex lenses.
Does the acrylic has the same property as glass letting pass-through the infrared rays but not the ultra violet rays?
In short, your initial assumptions are flawed. Every different chemical compound will allow light of some wavelengths to pass through, and will absorb some other wavelengths. In the case of glass and many acrylic polymers, they both appear to be clear because most of the light in the visible spectrum passes through. It is not generally true that glass allows infrared light to pass through, nor is it generally true that acrylic polymers will allow ultraviolet light to pass through. The infrared light absorbed by both acrylic and glass heats up the material by causing bending, stretching, and twisting of mmolecular bonds. The ultraviolet light absorbed by these materials generally causes ionization.
Does the acrylic has the same property as glass letting pass through the infrared rays but not the ultra violet rays?
In short, your initial assumptions are flawed. Every different chemical compound will allow light of some wavelengths to pass through, and will absorb some other wavelengths. In the case of glass and many acrylic polymers, they both appear to be clear because most of the light in the visible spectrum passes through. It is not generally true that glass allows infrared light to pass through, nor is it generally true that acrylic polymers will allow ultraviolet light to pass through. The infrared light absorbed by both acrylic and glass heats up the material by causing bending, stretching, and twisting of mmolecular bonds. The ultraviolet light absorbed by these materials generally causes ionization.
When light travels through the air window and then air it slows down?
The speed of the light while it's in air ... on both sides of the window ...is greater than it is while it's in the glass.
Create an object that is both liquid and solid?
Glass is considered a super cooled liquid.
Is glass transparent translucent or opaque?
No, such a transparent metal is not possible. Metals are a conductor of electricity. As a result of this, electromagnetic waves of the wavelength of light cannot penetrate it.
