Wednesday, 23 July 2014

Metallic lustre

The property of metals due to which they shine is called metallic lustre. The bright lustre of metals is due to their ability to reflect the incident light from their face and the surface acquires a shining appearance, which is known as metallic lustre. Iron, silver, magnesium  aluminium etc. appear as white whereas gold is yellow and copper is reddish brown in appearance.

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