wot would light come out as if instead of a glass lightbulb the glas were replaced with diamond, wouldn't all the light be refracted.
Cant really picture it. how bout u
2007-03-01 03:46:49 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Physics
If the diamond were faceted, preferably faceted differently on the inside of the bulb than on the outside, so that at every point on the surface of the bulb light from the filament had to pass through diamond the inside and outside surfaces of which were not parallel, then, yes, there would be *tons* of refraction and I'm sure it would be really pretty! If you want to know what it would look like, build a model in some CSG software and raytrace an image!
2007-03-01 04:39:07 · answer #1 · answered by whilom_chime 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There's no reason why the light should be refracted unless you get some crazy angles on the surface. It should look pretty normal.
2007-03-01 03:50:47 · answer #2 · answered by Gene 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
it wont make any difference, maybe a bit dimmer but that is all coz the only difference is that diomond has a higher refractive index so it only bends light a bit more and abosrbs and reflects it a bit more.
2007-03-01 03:51:10 · answer #3 · answered by ibs 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
It would be a dazzling dispay of light, but it would be a very expensive light bulb.
2007-03-01 03:50:50 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋