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Why is glass transparent?
Once I asked this question from my teacher and he replied "Because it passes light.". "And why does it pass light?" I asked and he said, "Because it is transparent.".
The same question again, Why ...
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Why can't ultraviolet light pass through glass?
What factor determine whether a body behaves like a transparent object for EM waves of a particular frequency?
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What is the mechanism of transparency of EM?
What happens in transparent materials? Do their molecules oscillate with the same frequency as the EM wave and then reemit in the same direction? Or the light goes through meshes in the bulk?
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