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Manasan3010
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I suppose the reason I am able to see myself in mirror and not in wood is the reflection off a mirror is specular whereas wood is diffuse.
In reflective material(e.g: silver) when the photon hits the frontline atom, the atom's electrons absorbs the energy and release it back with tiny energy loss.
My question is why the atom re-releasing the absorbed energy in same angle at it got hit? Why it didn't release the photon in a random direction or to the back side?
In reflective material(e.g: silver) when the photon hits the frontline atom, the atom's electrons absorbs the energy and release it back with tiny energy loss.
My question is why the atom re-releasing the absorbed energy in same angle at it got hit? Why it didn't release the photon in a random direction or to the back side?