The chemical apply in the Mirrors which help to see our reflection?
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it's a thin silver or aluminum coating on the back of the glass
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There are two types of substances\n1] Transparent.eg.Glass   2] Opaque.eg.iron                    Glass allows light to pass thru it as atoms in glass are in contact with each other.So when 1 atom receives energy,it vibrates with a greater amplitude[atoms are always in a state of vibration].It disturbs the neighbouring atom which accepts the energy liberated by the 1st atom.It transmits the energy to the next atom and so on....\n\nIn case of iron ,atoms areplaced even more closer which results in reflection of the entire light.In case of glass,there is partial reflection and partial refraction
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*It allows a laser to be viewed - light from the laser cannot be viewed unless it's bouncing off a mirror - a mirror reflects and refracts light\n\n*Allows us to view things from a variety of angles (car mirrors, periscopes, etc)\n\n*Personal hygeine?\n\n*Decorative
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(1)mirrors reflect light because it has a shiny and reflective metal behind it.\n(2)camera lenses
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mirror is designed to reflect the light and no refraction light .. from it .. so the reflection angel will be zero
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The process of depositing a thin film of metal on glass is centuries old.  Aluminum is now used as well as silver.  It is a little different for telescope mirrors than for mirrors used in dressing rooms and bathrooms, but basicaly:\n\n“Virtually all mirrors for interior use are manufactured by the conveyor, wet deposition method. Annealed or fully tempered glass is thoroughly cleaned by the application of cleaners and passing contact with oscillating scrub brush units. After the glass is cleaned and rinsed, the surface of the glass is sensitized with a diluted solution of tin chloride. This surface treatment allows for the deposition of silver. Silver nitrate is sprayed onto the sensitized surface of the glass along with other chemical configurations. The final outcome is the formation of a uniform silver layer on the glass.”\n\nSee the site below for additional details on the mirroring process.
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Take a look at this website:\nhttp://www.make-stuff.com/formulas/mirrors.html\n\nIt gives a 'recipe' for the silver backing you need to make a mirror.
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It works by having little mirror slices at different angles. As light is reflected off the orb, the little slices separates the light into several colours briefly and the process is repeated.
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Generally household mirrors are a highly reflective silver.  \n\nAnything that is highly reflective can be considered a "mirror" (like the smooth waters of a pond, or a shiny black rock).  More than color, it is smoothness that matters in making a mirror.\n\nA porous surface scatters light in many directions while a smooth surface will reflect light back in a single direction, hence the "mirror" effect.
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they work the same way one way mirrors work.  A one-way mirror has a reflective coating applied in a very thin, sparse layer -- so thin that it's called a half-silvered surface. The name half-silvered comes from the fact that the reflective molecules coat the glass so sparsely that only about half the molecules needed to make the glass an opaque mirror are applied. At the molecular level, there are reflective molecules speckled all over the glass in an even film but only half of the glass is covered. The half-silvered surface will reflect about half the light that strikes its surface, while letting the other half go straight through.
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Multiple Internal reflections , they r better referred to as the total internal reflection
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You must to review the diagram... note that the light escape in a second reflection, no in the first reflection.
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~4% of light is reflected back at normal incidence (standing in front of the mirror).  In order to see the reflected image of yourself, the light that is reflected should be brighter than any light coming through the glass.  If the glass is black, it means that little light passes through it, so it should be fairly easy to see your image.  This is also why it it is easier to see your image in transparent glass if it is brighter in the room on your side of the glass than on the other side.
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the wiping action of the dry cloth might generate static electricity, which makes the mirror attract lint/fibre...so it looks dusty after wiping!
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Why do we appear backwards in the reflection of a mirror? How do we see our true image?\n\nWebsite below has the answers.
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In order for a mirror to reflect a pain of clear glass must be backed with silver in order to produce a reflection, thus the color is silver...
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Early mirrors were usually a sheet of polished metal, often silver or copper, for example the Aranmula kannadi.\n\nMost modern mirrors consist of a thin layer of aluminium deposited on a sheet of glass. They are back silvered, where the reflecting surface is viewed through the glass sheet; this makes the mirror durable, but lowers the image quality of the mirror due to extraneous reflections from the front surface of the glass. This type of mirror reflects about 80% of the incident light. The "back side" of the mirror is often painted black to completely seal the metal from corrosion.\n\nSilvering is the chemical process of coating glass with a reflective substance, originally silver, in order to create a mirror. Today, powdered aluminum or other compounds are more often used for this purpose, although the process maintains the name "silvering