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To me, asking, "Why is glass 'see-through'? " is the same as asking, "Why is 'air' 'see-through'? ".
Unraveling the Mystery of Glass Transparency: A Scientific Explanation
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In summary, glass is more transparent to visible light than crystalline material because the crystalline material has an ordered structure, while glass is an amorphous structure. Ordinary glass is opaque to the UV range. However, if you have special glass like quartz or fused silica, it is able to transmit light up to 90%. The optical property of glass depends on the phonon structure, which is not well-defined.
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rewebster said:
sure...because air and glass have the same material structure...
My intention of this thread was to understand how light interacts with amorphous glass upon propagation.