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Old 19-05-2011, 10:37 PM
Keshdogga (Casey)
Casey Roff

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Thank you Rob =D I totally understand now. You explained it perfectly. I was just unsure how light travelled through a denser medium. Also thank's for explaining why a light beam doesn't completely scatter on impact with the medium i had a feeling it may have had something to do with the initial direction.

And can i can get rid of this whole concept of light travelling 'slower' and just imagine a photon (on average) taking longer to pass through the medium because it is absorbed and emitted with a time lapse? Denser material, more absorbtion and emitting per cubed unit, apparent decrease in velocity?

Thanks Rob and to everyone else =]
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