0
Want this question answered?
Be notified when an answer is posted
Add your answer:
Earn +20 pts
What does Infrared Penetrate?
Infrared penetrates through dust, smoke and plastic.
Does infrared radiation penetrate through smoke?
Yes, long-wave infrared will penetrate even very dense smoke. That's why thermal imagers are effective in firefighting. For instance, you can feel the heat (infrared spectrum) through smoke, but you cannot usually see through smoke (visible spectrum).
Which passes through glass without a problem infrared or ultraviolet radiation?
infrared radiation
What can infrared travel through?
Infrared radiation can only travel through empty space or transparent objects
How is heat transferrred through space?
Through radiation, like infrared radiation, visible light, etc.
What does Infrared Penetrate?
Infrared penetrates through dust, smoke and plastic.
Does infrared radiation penetrate through smoke?
Yes, long-wave infrared will penetrate even very dense smoke. That's why thermal imagers are effective in firefighting. For instance, you can feel the heat (infrared spectrum) through smoke, but you cannot usually see through smoke (visible spectrum).
Which passes through glass without a problem infrared or ultraviolet radiation?
infrared radiation
What can infrared travel through?
Infrared radiation can only travel through empty space or transparent objects
Can infrared radiation pass through glass windows?
That depends, short wave infrared radiation can travel through glass (hence the laser pointers and your TV remotes), but longer infrared waves get reflected. This is due to the design of glass so that we can see through it but the infrared heat radiation does not leave, thus improving efficiency.
How is heat transferrred through space?
Through radiation, like infrared radiation, visible light, etc.
Is infrared radiation the same as radiation?
No, if you look at a chart of the electromagnetic spectrum, you will see that microwave radiation is a longer wavelength ( approx. 1x10^8 Hz to 1x10^11Hz). Infrared is a smaller wavelength - approx 1x10^13 to ^15. The smaller the wavelength, the more able it is to penetrate matter. Radio waves do not penetrate our body because they are so very large, on the flip side, x-rays are very very small wavelengths and therefore can pass through our body.
Do infrared waves travel through a vacuum?
Yes, infrared waves are part of the electromagnetic radiation spectrum and all electromagnetic radiation will propagate through a vacuum.
What is infrared radiation-?
Infrared radiation is when earths surface radiates some of earths surface back into the atmosphereinfrared radiation is a type of electromagnetic radiation, which involves waves rather than particles. This means that unlike conduction and convection radiation can even pass through the vacuum of space.infrared radiation is a form of electromagnetic radiation which is emitted in the form of heat. infrared radiation is invisible
How heat waves travel through the ozone layer?
Heat waves do not travel through the ozone layer. Some infrared radiation passes through it, but "far infrared" does not. Ozone is a greenhouse gas.
Why is alpha radiation more dangerous than beta rediation when the source of the radiation is inside the body?
Alpha radiation cannot get pass through our body as it cannot penetrate through things. Beta can penetrate through things better than alpha. So if alpha is inside our body then it cannot get outside our body and therefore it becomes dangerous.
What Forms of radiation passes most easily through the disk of the Milky Way?
infrared light
