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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;desertgem, post: 3170279, member: 15199&quot;]The color of a metal is not &quot;reflective&quot; ~ chemistry pun~ on the nucleus content ( protons, neutrons, etc.), but on the outer cloud of electrons that comes with metallic bonding. Color comes from the electrons changing shells due to light energy ( all metals are colorless in the dark) <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>edited to add : the type ( gold, silver, nickel, copper) of metal is due to the nucleus composition but the color is electrons.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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