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Does ultraviolet radiation convert into thermal energy when it is absorbed by human skin?
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What happens to the thermal energy of a material when radiation is absorbed in a material?
The thermal energy increases.
How does a wall reduce the transfer of thermal energy?
Even tho thermal energy is transferrred via conduction and radiation, some of it is absorbed and therfore the amount transerred is less.
Do all objects give off thermal radiation?
yes every object gives out thermal radiation
Is thermal energy transferred through conduction convection or radiation?
thermal energy can transfer through conduction, convention and radiation
How do you convert thermal energy into radiant energy?
i think you can not convert thermal energy into radiant energy
What happens to the thermal energy of a material when radiation is absorbed in a material?
The thermal energy increases.
Most of the solar radiation absorbed by Earth's surface is later radiated back into space as which type of electromagnetic radiation?
Thermal IR radiation.
The amount of ultraviolet radiation hitting the Earth's surface is greatly reduced by which gas in the atmosphere?
Short wavelength radiation such as Ultraviolet fall to absorption spectrum band of Ozone. Ozone absorb UV and re-emitted the radiation in the range of infrared or thermal range radiation.
Do ultraviolet waves produce thermal energy?
They technically are not "hot" per se....they are forms of radiation.
What happens as solar radiation travels towards earth?
Some is absorbed by molecules in the atmosphere (such as ultraviolet absorption by ozone), some is absorbed on the surface, and some is reflected by clouds or the surface back into space. The surface will re-radiate much of the absorbed solar radiation as infrared (thermal) radiation, and some of this is then absorbed by atmospheric gases such as carbon dioxide and methane.
How does a wall reduce the transfer of thermal energy?
Even tho thermal energy is transferrred via conduction and radiation, some of it is absorbed and therfore the amount transerred is less.
What heat transfer uses electromagnetic waves to increase thermal energy?
Microwave Radiation is Very Effectively absorbed by Water molecules, this results in the increased thermal agitation of the Water molecules that absorb the Mw radiation - as found in Microwave ovens.
What are the chemical and physical protections offered by the skin?
the skin protects us from mechanical damage, chemical damage, bacterial damage, ultraviolet radiation, thermal, and desiccation.
How does radiation cool down hot drinks?
In this context, radiation refers to thermal radiation. Nearly everything in the universe radiates thermally in the form of infrared "light". When something is hotter, it radiates more. All of this radiation has some energy associated with it, which comes from the thermal energy in the object. In the case of a hot drink, more energy is leaving the drink through radiation than is being absorbed.
How does opaqueness affect radiation?
If you are referring to visible light, which lies in the wavelength range from 380 to 740 nm of the electromagnetic radiation spectrum, an opaque body won't allow light to travel trough it. When light hits the surface of the body the light can be, reflected, absorbed, or part of it reflected and the rest absorbed. In the case you are referring to thermal radiation which lies in the wavelength range from about 1 x 102 to 1 x 105 nm, an opaque body to thermal radiation will behave the same. In this later case the way the body's surface will behave is given by the surface properties reflectivity and absorptivity, which are the fraction of the incident radiation that is reflected and absorbed by the surface respectively.
Radiation that carries thermal energy is called what?
Infrared radiation carries thermal energy
What percent of an atomic explosion is the thermal radiation?
About 35% of the energy is the initial burst of thermal radiation.
