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| Description: Photograph of three thin disk specimens of aluminum oxide, which have been placed over a printed page in order to demonstrate their differences in light-transmittance characteristics. The disk on the left is transparent (that is, virtually all light that is reflected from the page passes through it), whereas the one in the center is translucent (meaning that some of this reflected light is transmitted through the disk). And, the disk on the right is opaque—i.e., none of the light passes through it. These differences in optical properties are a consequence of differences in structure of these materials, which have resulted from the way the materials were processed. (Specimen preparation, P. A. Lessing; photography by S. Tanner.) Picture Stats: Views: 294 Filesize: 566.67kB Height: 453 Width: 972 Source: https://biology-forums.com/index.php?action=gallery;sa=view;id=30238 |