Timeline for Why is fresh asphalt polarized?
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| Oct 7, 2022 at 20:01 | answer | added | Harry | timeline score: 0 | |
| Aug 8, 2018 at 0:13 | vote | accept | Spenser Truex | ||
| Aug 3, 2018 at 2:18 | comment | added | Hot Licks | I'm guessing that the act of rolling the paving material creates a surface pattern with the molecules aligned in a single direction, more or less. | |
| Aug 3, 2018 at 0:42 | comment | added | user93237 | My guess is that fresh asphalt has some liquid component that allows for a little light penetration into it, and so there will be some Brewster's angle-like effect that results in reflected light being at least partially polarized ( en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brewster%27s_angle ). | |
| Aug 3, 2018 at 0:01 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/StackPhysics/status/1025169799545069569 | ||
| Aug 2, 2018 at 23:47 | answer | added | David White | timeline score: 5 | |
| Aug 2, 2018 at 22:27 | answer | added | Bill Alsept | timeline score: 2 | |
| Aug 2, 2018 at 22:18 | history | edited | DanielSank | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Aug 2, 2018 at 22:03 | history | edited | Spenser Truex | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Aug 2, 2018 at 21:58 | history | asked | Spenser Truex | CC BY-SA 4.0 |