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Physics, Astronomy & Cosmology / Why is glass transparent but graphite (carbon) is not?
« on: 07/01/2016 22:50:55 »
... does the carbon not transmit light.
If they are both made from the same noncrystalline atomic structure.
Say for a minute the carbon CAN (I am not sure) have its atoms to be in a noncrystalline network just like the glass.
So the carbon is a amorphous solid made from noncrystalline, just like the four inch cubed glass, yet its electrons absorb light why.
Or maybe I should be asking why the carbons electrons are absorbing light, but in the four inch cubed glass the electrons are not absorbing light.
The carbon, and glass atoms are arranged in the same non crystalline network, why is carbon absorbing atoms.
Thank you for your help, anything helps even if it is a few words.
If they are both made from the same noncrystalline atomic structure.
Say for a minute the carbon CAN (I am not sure) have its atoms to be in a noncrystalline network just like the glass.
So the carbon is a amorphous solid made from noncrystalline, just like the four inch cubed glass, yet its electrons absorb light why.
Or maybe I should be asking why the carbons electrons are absorbing light, but in the four inch cubed glass the electrons are not absorbing light.
The carbon, and glass atoms are arranged in the same non crystalline network, why is carbon absorbing atoms.
Thank you for your help, anything helps even if it is a few words.