Why are things transparent?

Subject: Why are things transparent?

Date: Tue Sep 26 10:56:44 2000
Posted by Zhiyong
Grade level: 10-12 School: Hwa Chong Junior College
City: Singapore State/Province: Singapore Country: Singapore
Area of science: Other
ID: 969980204.Ot

Message:


What properties of transparent objects allow light to pass through them? 
Is it its chemical composition? Or the the physical arrangement of 
molecules in the compound? Does the compound such as glass have a spatial 
arrangement of its atoms such that light can pass through or is it due to 
the substance having a lower density of molecules?

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