Timeline for The color of an object, the atom releasing the photon back
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| Aug 6, 2021 at 11:03 | comment | added | user394334 | Thank you, but there is one thing I fail to understand. If there is a certain amount of light that hits the object, some is reflected and some is absorbed. Why is the light that is reflected more visible than the light that is absorbed and then released. If there is a "fixed" amount of light hitting the object, why is the intensity of the reflected light higher than the intensity of the absorbed and then released light? | |
| Aug 6, 2021 at 5:54 | comment | added | Señor O | uh i mean more that theres way more light from other sources around than the tiny little atomic transition. your eye isn't gonna notice the tiny one. It's like trying to hear a whisper at a rock concert | |
| Aug 6, 2021 at 4:57 | comment | added | user394334 | Thank you, with intensity do you mean the amplitude?, so the amplitude of the light released when the electron goes to a lower energy level is smaller than when the electron got energy? | |
| Aug 6, 2021 at 4:17 | history | answered | Señor O | CC BY-SA 4.0 |