Why Is GLASS Transparent Glass Transparency Dr Binocs Show Peekaboo Kidz

gosh hope you are fine little kitty i'm sorry you were not able to see the glass door not again but i'll surely answer your question of why you could not see the glass hey friends i'm sure you two are curious to know about this invisible property of glass so in today's episode let us see through to find clear answer to solid question why is glass transparent zoom in glass despite being crystal clear we see its presence everywhere right from the window of your houses to the specs you wear to scientific tools to see beyond the horizon and so on it is in all sense highly revolutionary invention that transformed the world so before we peek through its translucent quality let us first learn about its structure and where it comes from and to know that we need to go deep inside the earth to its crust where silicon and oxygen react together to form silicon dioxide and the molecules of this mixture come together to create regular crystalline form called quartz the main ingredient you will find in most types of glass you see when we burn the quartz at high temperature the heat energy puts pressure on the molecular chain of silicon dioxide to break them apart and convert them into flowing liquid and when this liquid silicon dioxide cools down again it does not transform into solid crystal again that's because as the molecules lose energy they are unable to move into an ordered position and form chain as it used to be before and convert into something called ammo first solid material with disordered composition of liquid which allows the molecules to fill any gaps this makes the surface of the glass uniform allowing light to pass through it without getting scattered in different directions but the vital question is how does the light pass through it well to find the answer we need to dig deeper into the glass to observe the atoms of silicon dioxide as we know atoms are made of nucleus in the center surrounded by electrons orbiting around it but what most of us don't know is that an atom is mostly empty and there is plenty of gap in between the orbits of electrons yes this empty space leaves lot of room for the particles of light called photons to pass through the atomic structure of glass without getting absorbed by electrons and thus the glass looks transparent know what you are thinking then why do other objects look opaque and not transparent well that's because the gaps between the electrons of an opaque object are very small yes these tiny gaps do not allow the photons to pass through it and get absorbed by electrons making the object look trip your opaque did you know glass can be formed by lightning yes because of the high temperature glass can naturally form when sand is struck by lightning also another amazing fact about glasses that when it breaks the cracks can move at the speed of three thousand miles per hour which is five times faster than the average airplane which travels at 575 miles per hour whoa that could be dangerous hope you learned something new in today's episode until next time it's me dr bynox zooming out i'm not falling for that again never mind