If light is made up of Photon which has some mass then how it can pass through Transparent Glass


Bae , Friday, 6th of August 2010 02:20:29 PM

Or if you say that light is Electromagnetic Energy then how it can not 
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escape from the Gravitational Force of Black hole. As we all know that 
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Gravitational force only act b/w 2 bodies that have some mass i.e 
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F=(G*M1*M2)/R^2.
So What is Light Energy or Element which has some 
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mass
 
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cali lover , Saturday, 7th of August 2010 05:20:03 PM

some photons pass through the structure of glass(arrangement of  
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atoms).some photons dont pass and strike the atoms of the  
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glass.photoelectric effect occurs which make the atoms emit rays(infra red  
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which cause heating).photons have mass and energy.  
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when light strikes the black hole the energy is emitted but  
mass is sucked in.hence no photons are emitted so it is invisible but the  
energy may be released as radio or other waves  
 
 
 
 
 

Strawberry Shortcake , Sunday, 8th of August 2010 02:09:25 PM

Photons are not fermions (matter particles) and so do not  
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behave as you may expect. To start with they always behave as a classical  
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wave and separate particles at the same time.  
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Whether or not a photon/wave goes though a material depends on the  
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electronic structure of the material.  
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(The existence of black holes in the universe is well supported by  
astronomical observation, particularly from studying X-ray emission from  
X-ray binaries and active galactic nuclei.) - to Grendle  
 
 
 
 
 

Pancake , Monday, 9th of August 2010 03:46:41 PM

many things with mass (not just photons) can travel through  
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seemingly solid objects - neutrinos for example. To understand this you  
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have to look at the composition of atoms from quanta. and realise that the  
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spaces between and within atoms are of relative orders of magnitude. Lights  
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main sensitivity is actually colour, i.e. many more photons are absorbed by  
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black than by white - which could go someway to explaining Hawking  
radiation.  
 
 
 
 
 

Zarren, Tuesday, 10th of August 2010 07:46:10 PM

Don't get too deep here.  
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Hold a ''transparent'' piece of glass in bright sunlight & you will see  
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that it does, in fact, cast a shadow. That is because photons are being  
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blocked. The glass will also grow warm/hot, as the energy of the blocked  
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photons is transferred to the glass molecules (silica, mostly).  
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It is fairly apparent (though far from proven) that what we humans  
perceive as light is a form of electromagnetic energy (no capitals  
please), but the nature of that energy is still debated - particles, wave  
forms, magical emanations . who has held a photon?  
We have experiments that indicate that light exerts mass . remember the  
little vanes in a glass bulb spinning in the light? . but still.  
As for ''Black Holes'' - they are still theory. No one has located one,  
for sure. Astronomers have seen what appears to be the effects of a  
super-massive non-radiating body on some distant galaxies, but what is  
causing that effect has yet to be determined - black holes, or giant space  
goats or what.  
So again, don't get in too deep. Light has some interesting properties  
that are fun to speculate about & figure out new uses for. It bends,  
impacts, heats, can be manipulated with prisms & mirrors, hurts like hell  
after a day at the beach, will burn satellites from orbit or transmit  
absolutely incredible amounts of data over a fiber optic line .  
But at the moment, no one (and don't let anyone tell you differently) NO  
ONE knows the full & absolute answer to ''WHAT IS LIGHT?''  
Maybe you can help?  
 
 
 
 
 

tooshie bear , Wednesday, 11th of August 2010 05:40:13 PM

i have never understood this issue if light is mass-less how is  
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it bent by gravity ,,,,a paradox or a pair of doxe is ??  
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Angel Baby , Thursday, 12th of August 2010 05:08:35 AM

Tricky man. I think it has properties of both a wave and an  
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object with mass.  
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It may interest you to know though, that unless the glass is a special  
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kind, ie the sort they use for greenhouses, light does actually lose some  
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energy by travelling through glass. I think it is the ultraviolet element.  
It is harder to get sun burn if a pane of glass is between you and the sun.  
 
 
 
 
 
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