The safety rods were coated with cadmium foil, and this metal absorbed so many neutrons that the chain reaction was stopped.

The featureless white metal absorbed the blow with a sound that suggested massive solidity.

As the microscope bombards the metal with electrons, the metal absorbs the energy, and gives it back in the form of X-rays.

Further, why does the metal not absorb the light completely, with all those free electrons capable of jumping to a wide range of energies?

In the photoelectric effect the metal may not absorb enough energy from hv, but 3hv would give it enough energy to release an electron.

So, for example, a metal may reflect a lot of visible light, but efficiently absorb infrared wavelengths, hence the title "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof".

He did not mention the possibility of ideally perfectly reflective walls; in particular he noted that highly polished real physical metals absorb very slightly.

On the other hand, some metals absorb only in the short-wave range and show a strong reflectivity in the medium and far infrared.

Because metals absorb and release heat, metal embeddings would look highly decorative in another naga's eyes.

This metal can absorb physical impacts that would otherwise fracture human bone.