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minus-squareBjörn Tantau@swg-empire.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·edit-217 days agoAlbert knows that they actually do shine. This meme could only have been more wrong if it was Plank.
minus-squareDoYouNot@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·17 days agoRhianna and Einstein both know something about black bodies.
minus-squaremnemonicmonkeys@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·17 days ago Albert knows that they actually do shine. In infrared
minus-squarewolframhydroxide@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·17 days agoYet another way this is wrong: the primary cause of the adamantine lustre of diamonds is refraction. Any old hunk of metal can reflect light.
minus-squarestephen01king@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·16 days agoIsn’t it caused by internal reflection? That, by definition, is what happens when the light doesn’t refract out of the diamond.
Albert knows that they actually do shine. This meme could only have been more wrong if it was Plank.
Rhianna and Einstein both know something about black bodies.
Yet another way this is wrong: the primary cause of the adamantine lustre of diamonds is refraction. Any old hunk of metal can reflect light.
Isn’t it caused by internal reflection? That, by definition, is what happens when the light doesn’t refract out of the diamond.