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Why Is Glass Transparent?
9 minutes Posted Aug 25, 2025 at 9:00 am.
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Glass windows are as solid as the materials that surround them, yet they let light through. Learn the physics of why glass can be so transparent -- and why it took humans thousands of years to create totally clear glass -- in this episode of BrainStuff, based on this article: https://science.howstuffworks.com/question404.htm

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