What makes up the lustre of metals?

Subject: What makes up the lustre of metals?

Date: Mon Mar 27 21:35:41 2000
Posted by Graham Jarvis
Grade level: teacher/prof School: Muirfield High School
City: North Rocks State/Province: NSW Country: Australia
Area of science: Physics
ID: 954214541.Ph

Message:


I can understand how the colours of objects are produced by the absorbtion 
of white light and the reflection of a colour or colours.
But metals have their own lustre.

How do you explain this lustre?

Re: What makes up the lustre of metals?

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