Eli5: What chemical or molecular properties of a material cause it to be transparent

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Eli5: What chemical or molecular properties of a material cause it to be transparent

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Something is transparent because photons are unaffected by the thing they’re going through One way that can happen is if the photon literally passes between the atoms because they’re aligned just perfectly, aka, a crystal.

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