Re:Relativity gives gold its color
by quantumhobbit on Wednesday April 07, 2010 @12:07PM
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Silver. The article explains that without the effects of relativity the electron transition that absorbs blue light(leaving a combination of colors that appear golden) would instead absorb ultra-violet light. With no visible colors absorbed, it would reflect all colors the same like silver.
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