INFRARED
INFRARED
INFRARED
Origin of “INFRARED”
• INFRARED= INFRA+RED
HISTORY OF INFRARED
• Sir Frederick William Herschel
• Objects that are not hot enough to radiate visible light will
radiate infrared.
• Examples of Infrared Radiation
heat from the Sun
heat from fire,
heat from radiator, etc.
• Infrared rays travel through air. They heat up any objects on which they fall
and produce heat. For example
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