Well, what if you get lots of ions all together in one jar?   Would not
certain wavelengths of light bump into some of them?   Honestly I do not
know,  but it seems possible.  

JBB



I Anderson wrote:
> 
> Ions are much smaller than the wavelength of visible light, and so do
> not reflect.
> 
> Ivan.
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Jonathan B. Britten [mailto:[email protected]]
> > Sent: Thursday, 13 December 2001 8:38 p.m.
> > To: [email protected]
> > Subject: Re: CS>Re: concentrated CS and 'agglomeration'
> >
> >
> > Here is a weird fact I just read in an interesting book about
> > vision:
> > a specially made box created by a physicist is filled with light.
> > There is nothing in the box;  the sides are, from what I gather,
> > totally reflective.   If you look into the box,  you see darkness,
> > although it is filled with light.    This is because you can not see
> > light,  only the reflection of light from objects.   If this is true
> > (see Jabob Lieberman "TAke Off Your Glasses and See")  then the idea
> > that only particles produce color might be correct.
> > However,  isn't an
> > ion a thing?   It is a bit of an atom, right?   Therefore it
> > may be that
> > ions CAN reflect light.   I am not a physicist and do not know.
> >
> > JBB


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