The Science Asylum | Why Are Some Things Transparent? @ScienceAsylum | Uploaded 9 years ago | Updated 2 hours ago
It's kinda weird that glass is transparent for ALL visible wavelengths of light. This video explains how that's possible without being inconsistent with other concepts. There is a lot of B.S. about this out there on the internet, so beware!
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VIDEO ANNOTATIONS

All Optics is Scattering:
http://youtu.be/mv_90PC5XKw

What EXACTLY is Temperature?
http://youtu.be/2xaIQjmE5VI

Movie Science: Doing the Kessel Run in 12 Parsecs
http://youtu.be/-AyCNNcN3bM

Basic FAQs about Black Holes:
http://youtu.be/ACCeFVeT984
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COOL LINKS & SOURCES

Sixty Symbols video about glass:
youtu.be/Omr0JNyDBI0

TED-Ed video about glass:
youtu.be/VwRLIt6jgdM

Published scientific paper about glass:
http://engineering.case.edu/centers/sdle/sites/engineering.case.edu.centers.sdle/files/absorption_edge_and_band_gap_of_sio2_fused_silica.pdf

How Stuff Works article about glass:
http://science.howstuffworks.com/question404.htm

Forum conversations about glass:
http://physics.stackexchange.com/questions/7437/why-glass-is-transparent
physicsforums.com/threads/why-is-glass-transparent.166973
http://www.quora.com/Why-is-glass-transparent-1

Hyperphysics:
http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/solids/band.html
http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/solids/band2.html#c1

Wikipedia:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glass
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Band_gap
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transparency_and_translucency
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Light_scattering
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Absorption_%28electromagnetic_radiation%29
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opacity_(optics)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transparent_ceramics
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Huygens%E2%80%93Fresnel_principle
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