Why do different materials absorb and reflect different wavelengths of light?
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What is the actual mechanism behind the reflection of various colored light by material of different color?
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Why doesn't saturation current in the photoelectric effect depend on the frequency of light absorbed ny the metal emitter?
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If light is an electric and (magnetic field), how can it be absorbed?
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What's the difference between microscopy and spectroscopy?
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Why does optical media have different refractive indices?
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What is the relation between electromagnetic wave and photon?
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Wavelength-dependent refractive index
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Is there a substance that doesn't reflect OR absorb light from the visible light spectrum?
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Polarization of light upon reflection
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How do our eyes detect light at different frequencies?
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How do electromagnetic waves wave?
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Why is light called an 'electromagnetic wave' if it's neither electric nor magnetic?
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Relation between intensity of light and refractive index
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What exactly is meant by the wavelength of a photon?
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Why don't absorption and emission lines cancel out in our Sun?
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Laser, wire, and a circle of light
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Why does a glass window reflect white objects white from an atomic scatterers’ viewpoint?