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Title: Describe a model for explaining how light is transmitted through glass.
Post by: tt870116tw on Jul 12, 2018
Describe a model for explaining how light is transmitted through glass.


Title: Describe a model for explaining how light is transmitted through glass.
Post by: jimjones445 on Jul 12, 2018
 According to the model of light presented in the text, when a photon is incident on a glass surface it is absorbed by a glass molecule or atom and forced into vibration. This vibration results in the emission of an indistinguishable photon, which travels to the next atom or molecule to repeat the process. A cascading process of absorption and reemission occurs until the glass molecule at the far surface absorbs and reemits an identical photon.


Title: Describe a model for explaining how light is transmitted through glass.
Post by: tt870116tw on Jul 12, 2018
found this very helpful thank you