Well, last year in Physics I saw my teacher have a little cabinet with mirrors all around inside and a t12 florescent light at the top. just wondering, I might implement the idea, but will mirrors be a better reflector material than mylar? Or will it cause burn?

BTW my teacher said it was for sterilizing goggles when I asked if I could be it off of her. didnt work...

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There's an exhaust at the top sides so yeah... Plus theres a lock.

No good, mirrors absorb light.

How do mirrors absorb light, I'm really confused on this one, i thought they reflected it.

Mirrors waste energy by reflecting only a small fraction of the light that falls on them.


When light, which, like radio waves, is a form of electromagnetic radiation, strikes a metallic mirror the electrons in the metal move just as they do when a radio signal strikes an antenna. Pushing electrons around takes energy, which dims the reflected image.

The mirrors still reflect light though, they dont absorb it.

I didn't say they did.

I never said you did. This is getting silly now, I dont have time for these childish games.

the greeks used mirrors and the sun to burn roman ships, so in my mind it must reflect light

They used their shields which were polished to shit..

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Here is a post i started to ask the very same question.... Mylar vs. Aluminum Foil vs. Mirrors

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