Radiative Heating

Class practical: Using the hand as a detector to compare the absorption of infra-red radiation.

Practical Activity 14-16

Class practical: Shows the properties of infra-red radiation.

Practical Activity 14-16

Class practical: Comparing the infra-red radiation from a dull black and a shiny surface.

Practical Activity 14-16

Class practical: A simple comparison of the infra-red radiation from two Bunsen flames.

Practical Activity 14-16

Demonstration: This experiment shows that electromagnetic radiation in the infrared region is emitted from warm objects such...

Practical Activity 14-16

Class practical: Simple observations on transmitting and absorbing radiation.

Practical Activity 14-16

Conduction is the way in which energy is transferred (through heating by contact) from a hot body to a cooler one (or from the...

Teaching Guidance 11-14 14-16

You pop a muffin in the microwave. You wrap your cold hands around a steaming mug of soup.

Physics Narrative 11-14

Radiation is quite different from both convection and conduction. Consider the case of warming by the Sun on a bright summer's...

Physics Narrative 11-14