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What is it called when substances give off light or another form of electromagntic radiation when they absorb energy?
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fluorescence
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Does white plastic absorb or transmit solar radiation?
White anything will REFLECT radiation, it will not transmit or absorb.
What sort of radiation absorbs or reflect radiation?
It doesn't absorb clever. It penetrates, and it can penetrate paper, smoke, a layer of skin and thin aluminium.
Does black absorb or reflect?
Black absorbs radiation. A perfectly black body would absorb all the radiation that is incident upon it.
What causes fluorescence?
Fluorescence is glowing, or giving off light.
What colours absorb most radiation?
visible
A substance can absorb heat energy by the process of?
There are three methods by which substances absorb heat. These are conduction, or heat transfer through contact, convection, or heat transfer through fluid motion, and radiation, or heat transfer through electromagnetic radiation.
Which layer of the atmosphere does not absorb solar radiation?
Troposphere does not absorb solar radiation. All other layers do not absorb.
What is the substance in the atmosphere that absorbs harmful ultra violet radiation?
The substances in atmosphere that absorb UV is ozone. Ozone layer is a layer of life.
What are Two ways gases can affect radiation?
Gases absorb radiation and some is absorbed in the atmosphere :)
Do all molecules absorb infrared radiation?
No all molecules do not absorb infrared radiation. Some of them do.
Does white plastic absorb or transmit solar radiation?
White anything will REFLECT radiation, it will not transmit or absorb.
What sort of radiation absorbs or reflect radiation?
It doesn't absorb clever. It penetrates, and it can penetrate paper, smoke, a layer of skin and thin aluminium.
Does black absorb or reflect?
Black absorbs radiation. A perfectly black body would absorb all the radiation that is incident upon it.
Does the thermosphere absorb ultraviolet?
The ozone layer absorbs ultraviolet radiation. The ozone layer is in the stratosphere. So, the thermosphere does not absorb radiation.
Which gases absorb ultraviolent radiation?
The gas which absorb ultraviolet radiation is ozone. It absorbs the harmful Uv radiations from the sun.
Do cactuses absorb radiation?
Yes cactus do absorb radiation. But they do it for a limited range.
What causes fluorescence?
Fluorescence is glowing, or giving off light.
