Eli5: How do diamonds make light go slower ?

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I googled it, but i didn’t really understand.

Can someone simplify the explanation please?

Thank you 🙂

In: Physics

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It’s not just diamonds. It’s any medium that light can travel through. Air, water, glass, whatever. The answer is because there are other particles in the way. Every time a photon smacks into a particle it get’s absorbed, and then a new photon is emitted. This takes time, so light appears to go slower through mediums

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