There is this mysterious milky liquid that when viewed under the microscope, one can see that it has many bead like particles packed together that can move. When shone under the light at a certain angle, the liquid which was once white now 'turns' green, then at another angle, it 'turns' pink.
can u explain the phenomenon? And how may this phenomenon be applied to useful ends?
2006-07-13 01:56:15 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Other - Science
This could be related to the substance used in a liquid-crystal display (LCD). Microscopic crystals are in suspension in a nonpolar organic liquid. They can be lined up by electric fields, as used in displays, or by settling or flowing, such that they reflect back some colors of the incoming light more strongly than others, due to diffraction caused by their spacing. See the references.
2006-07-13 02:40:47 · answer #1 · answered by kirchwey 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It's hard to say for sure exactly what you have there. But, it sounds to me like you've got some soapy water or water with a petroleum oil slick on top. The phenomenon is the same as a rainbow caused by a prism or a rain cloud the visible light coming into the solution is broken up into its various components (the colors you see as you move your point of view). as the light is refracted the slightly different wavelengths of energy come off the solution at slightly different angles.
2006-07-13 09:16:12 · answer #2 · answered by clydesdale1981 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋