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CD-R's use a sort of fluid in them that reflect light but don't after it is burned. A computer uses a code of 1's and 0's so the laser light from a CD ROM is bounced of by the reflection and is counted as a 1 and when it is not bounced back is a 0, so the laser burns the fluid.
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∙ 16y agoGenerally, it's an infrared laser, although some use a visible light laser but those are generally just for playback purposes. The infrared is mainly used for burning disks as well.
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