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Old 10-May-2005, 01:18 PM
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Originally Posted by lyndonashmore
when photons of light are absorbed and re-emitted as the pass through glass? ie what name do you give to this interaction which certainly takes place.
If individual photons were absorbed and re-emitted, glass would not be transparent to them.