Why glass is transparent?
Did you ever think that why you can see things through the glass? Why glass allows every colour light to pass through it without stopping it. Why is glass so transparent that we see things through it as if it were not there?
You can't look at another side of your room's concrete wall but if it would have been made of glass, then you could definitely see it. But the question is this that why only glass has this property and not most of the other materials have this.
Now before I tell you the reason behind this behaviour of glass, let me tell you how things work at microscopic level i.e. what atoms of any element do at the atomic level. You know that an object is made up of a very tiny unit called an atom. Now an atom consists of a central nucleus that contains proton and neutron and electrons revolving around this nucleus. And these electrons can't revolve anywhere around the nucleus, but only some locations are allowed. And these locations or levels where electrons can revolve is called energy states or energy levels of atoms. Each energy level has unique energy associated with it and thus there is an energy difference between any two levels.
Now each electron in an atom has some definite amount of energy so each electron can revolve only in that energy level which corresponds to energy carried by that particular electron. And no electron can jump to higher energy level without any external energy. But when these electrons get the energy that can raise its energy equivalent to the next energy level, the electron absorbs that and excite to the next energy level. But as this makes atom less stable, so that particular electron returns to its own energy level by emitting light corresponding to the difference between given two energy states.
Now let's come to our main question regarding the transparency of glass. The glass consists of such atoms or molecules that don't absorb energy correspond to visible light. Thus visible light just passes through it without absorbing and we can see through it. But if you strike ultraviolet light on glass then it would absorb that because glass has such energy levels in atoms that absorb energy corresponds to ultraviolet light.
Wearing someone's glass would not damage your eyes. Eye strain or eye fatigue may produce some sort of headache but there would not be any permanent damage to your eyes.
Thanks for reading our post Why glass is transparent? Hope you gain your knowledge about this topic and you learn an interesting topic about the science facts.
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| Why glass is transparent? |
Did you ever think that why you can see things through the glass? Why glass allows every colour light to pass through it without stopping it. Why is glass so transparent that we see things through it as if it were not there?
You can't look at another side of your room's concrete wall but if it would have been made of glass, then you could definitely see it. But the question is this that why only glass has this property and not most of the other materials have this.
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| Why glass is transparent? |
Now before I tell you the reason behind this behaviour of glass, let me tell you how things work at microscopic level i.e. what atoms of any element do at the atomic level. You know that an object is made up of a very tiny unit called an atom. Now an atom consists of a central nucleus that contains proton and neutron and electrons revolving around this nucleus. And these electrons can't revolve anywhere around the nucleus, but only some locations are allowed. And these locations or levels where electrons can revolve is called energy states or energy levels of atoms. Each energy level has unique energy associated with it and thus there is an energy difference between any two levels.
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| Why glass is transparent? |
Now each electron in an atom has some definite amount of energy so each electron can revolve only in that energy level which corresponds to energy carried by that particular electron. And no electron can jump to higher energy level without any external energy. But when these electrons get the energy that can raise its energy equivalent to the next energy level, the electron absorbs that and excite to the next energy level. But as this makes atom less stable, so that particular electron returns to its own energy level by emitting light corresponding to the difference between given two energy states.
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| Why glass is transparent? |
Now let's come to our main question regarding the transparency of glass. The glass consists of such atoms or molecules that don't absorb energy correspond to visible light. Thus visible light just passes through it without absorbing and we can see through it. But if you strike ultraviolet light on glass then it would absorb that because glass has such energy levels in atoms that absorb energy corresponds to ultraviolet light.
Wearing someone's glass would not damage your eyes. Eye strain or eye fatigue may produce some sort of headache but there would not be any permanent damage to your eyes.
Thanks for reading our post Why glass is transparent? Hope you gain your knowledge about this topic and you learn an interesting topic about the science facts.
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