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RE: Why Can We See Through Glass?
Nice!
I did not understand why glass is transparent. I did not get the explanation with the phone torch and the thumb.
Maybe the atoms are alined, and thus the superposition does not fill the void space of the different atoms, and light can pass?
Thank you. Keep´em coming.
If you put your phone torch on and cover it with your thumb, you can see that some of the light gets through! It was an analogy so that you understand it better! Keep asking questions if you have any left :)
Thanks! That, I get. But how is that related to glass being transparent?
In simple terms, since an amorphous solid is like freezing the arrangement of molecules in water (which is also transparent). There are a lot of gaps. Now considering most of the atom is empty space, light passes straight through.
Since the energy of light is not the same as the electrons energy; if this light hits an electron, it reflects which is why windows can act as a partial mirror dependent on the angle!
Hope this helps
Yes, it did help. Now I get it. Thank you very much. I´ll keep reading. I am very much into physics. And maths. And programming. Uff, so much to learn, such a short life.
Agreed!