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Monday, 12 September 2011

Transparency and Opacity

A material that is transparent in one part of the spectrum may be opaque in another. Here, we see normal window glass is transparent to visible light (obviously) but opaque to the thermal infrared, as shown by an infrared camera. Similarly, a garbage bag blocks visible light but passes infrared.

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