Why is glass transparent? - Professor Phil Moriarty, Sixty Symbols

Sixty Symbols regular Professor Phil Moriarty discusses transparent glass and the so-called energy gap.

[video=youtube;Omr0JNyDBI0]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Omr0JNyDBI0[/video]

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  • serenen
    serenen
    Its a good information.. everybody needs to know this...
  • ISHAN TOPRE
    ISHAN TOPRE
    Really goog information.I must confess I never thought in that direction.😀
    But AKD can I know one thing?
    That man said that glass is transparent because the energy gap is much larger than any material.
    But how can you connect transparency with higher energy gap?
    Didn't get that point...

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