How Is Light Absorbed?
Identification jQuery(document).ready(function(){ jQuery(‘#jsArticleStep1 span.image a:first’).attr(‘href’,’http://i.ehow.com/images/a04/ne/lr/how-light-absorbed-1.1-800X800.jpg’); }); Light is one of those things that we just can’t do without. It’s a life-sustaining force that exists everywhere we go. And whether it comes from the Sun, or from an artificial light source, it all carries the same properties and behavior. It’s a material made up of waves and particles that has no mass, or weight. Visible light travels in wavelengths of different sizes, with each size corresponding to a particular color. When a wavelength makes contact with an object, the electrons of both the wavelength and the object interact. The object’s material composition will determine whether it absorbs the light, or reflects it. Objects are made up of atoms, just like light is. All atoms include a nucleus made up of protons and neutrons, and electrons which orbit the nucleus. Typically an object exists in partic
