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karen_lorr
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Good morning.
Yet another question ;-)
I have been looking at so many websites and I still can’t find the answer, so if anyone could give me a simple explanation, or give a link to a web page, it would be really appreciated.
Visible wavelength selective absorption/reflection.
Water is blue as the H2 selectively absorb/emit various frequencies at the lower end of the visible spectrum. But in everything else is at a MUCH smaller scale (of the electron).
I understand how electron frequencies selectively absorb / emit frequencies. But why is H2O different.
I have found many explanations of the results but none that explains the causes.
Why would virtually all other object’s electrons react to energy waves but the scale is much larger in water (where the hydrogen bonds contract, shake, expand, warp, etc) and make the H the “active” element in the absorption/emitting. (sorry can’t think of a better word than Active).
I would have thought that if other objects containing either H or O have the H or O’s electrons selectively absorb the energy then the same should be true of water. But it isn’t?
Why?
Is it the strength/relative length/configuration/etc of the hydrogen bond or something completely different?
Sorry to ask so many questions but I really am trying to understand what is the difference between water’s "colour" and virtually everything’s.
Thank you
Yet another question ;-)
I have been looking at so many websites and I still can’t find the answer, so if anyone could give me a simple explanation, or give a link to a web page, it would be really appreciated.
Visible wavelength selective absorption/reflection.
Water is blue as the H2 selectively absorb/emit various frequencies at the lower end of the visible spectrum. But in everything else is at a MUCH smaller scale (of the electron).
I understand how electron frequencies selectively absorb / emit frequencies. But why is H2O different.
I have found many explanations of the results but none that explains the causes.
Why would virtually all other object’s electrons react to energy waves but the scale is much larger in water (where the hydrogen bonds contract, shake, expand, warp, etc) and make the H the “active” element in the absorption/emitting. (sorry can’t think of a better word than Active).
I would have thought that if other objects containing either H or O have the H or O’s electrons selectively absorb the energy then the same should be true of water. But it isn’t?
Why?
Is it the strength/relative length/configuration/etc of the hydrogen bond or something completely different?
Sorry to ask so many questions but I really am trying to understand what is the difference between water’s "colour" and virtually everything’s.
Thank you