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This tag is for questions relating to reflection, the change in direction of a wavefront at an interface between two different media so that the wavefront returns into the medium from which it originated. A familiar example of reflection comes from water waves; as the waves travel they reflect off objects that are floating in the water, and also reflect off the walls of the container holding the water.
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Difference between white and reflective objects?
A White object reflects all the visible colored light but so does a flat silver object (mirror) so what makes them look so different?
This has been answered here but that shouldn't be true because whi …
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Is it really just the electrons which decide the reflection from metals?
uh I'm curious again regarding the theories of reflection.
This is known that
Metals contain free electrons that absorb energy and vibrate when they
come in contact with light. … So is it really just the electrons which decide the reflection?
Do correct me if I'm wrong. I'm just a stupid kid :)
My previous post …