Light bumps into matter
Nick wrote:
PD wrote:
Nick wrote:
PD wrote:
Nick wrote:
If matter only absorbs light at definite
frequencies what happens if light that can't
be absorbed hits matter?
If light makes it past the electron(lets say
it's on the other side of the atom) and hits
the nucleus what happens to it if it can't
be absorbed?
It continues on. Why?
So light is a billiard ball to you?
Nope. Acts like one sometimes, though.
Its bouncy?
Your a Donut PD.
Sometimes. It's called Compton scattering.
Light bumps into matter?
The same applies to free(unbound) electrons.
Mitch Raemsch -- Light Falls --
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