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Why do materials absorb some frequencies of electromagnetic radiation and no others?

April 26, 2017electromagnetic frequencies Materials radiation

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Why do materials absorb some frequencies of electromagnetic radiation and no others?

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Current theory is that electrons in an atom can have only certain energy states. Materials absorb these frequencies whose energies are equal to difference between energy states available for a particular atom or a molecule. The problem with quantum mechanics is that there is no way to verify its claims. ChaCha!