I’m staring into my whisky wondering why it looks so swirly, like there is a lot of weird like refraction going on, and google cannot answer my question.
In: Chemistry
Water and your alcoholic drink have different indices of refraction. The index of refraction is how light bends when it passes through the material, kind of like how a branch halfway in water will appear to “bend” where it crosses the water level. This same principle bends the light as it passes through alcohol and water, which looks different than light passing through just water or just alcohol. This gives it that slightly distorted look.
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