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A few metals, such as copper and gold, have a reflectance spectrum where the red end (400–700nm) dominates. Why is this so?

April 26, 2017Copper dominates gold metals red Reflectance spectrum

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A few metals, such as copper and gold, have a reflectance spectrum where the red end (400–700nm) dominates. Why is this so?

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I first thought that it may be something to do with the single unpaired electron in the outermost valence shell, but Silver also displays this but has a flatter reflectance curve.