To further my discussion from last week about the transparency of an object, I thought exploration of transparency of glass would be useful.
Transparency of glass is established due to the contents from which glass is created as well as the framework of glass contents. The process in which glass is created includes taking sand and increasing its temperature. Other elements could be added to speed up the heating process and the reduction of temperature process. The sand and other elements form molecules that are similar to liquid components.
Solid component molecules have a closely packed and firm structure, while liquid molecules are formed in a more indistinct manner and are somewhat scattered. Gas contains disassociated mocules that are separate and unrestrained. Light travels between the space separating the molecules, but it is the miniscule properties of light interacting with a liquid/solid mass that explains why glass is transparent.
Glass is a solid but is made up of liquid molecular properties. The atoms that are contained in glass produce electrons that are the deciding factor of how much energy the glass will hold and what kind of response the object will have to light. The elements that transparent glass is made of don't allow the electrons to retain the energy from light that humans can see. The light that glass permitts is called transmitted light, which is the light that allows humans to see past the glass to the objects on the other side.
This website is the one I used for my research.
http://www.howstuffworks.com/question404.htm
Goal #3:
Create an transparent model of glass in Maya and create a prism effect with a color spectrum that people can see.
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