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How does the angle of light affect the temperature of a surface?
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∙ 14y ago
The amount of energy reaching a given area from a source of radiant energy is dependent on the angle of incidence of the energy. Radiation that contacts a surface at an angle of 60° from the normal has half as much energy per unit of surface area as radiation that is parallel to the normal, radiation that reaches the surface at 70.53° from the normal has one third the energy per unit of area, radiation at 75.52° from the normal has one fourth as much energy, and so on. Therefore, if light is contacting a surface that absorbs some of it and converts it to heat, the angle of incidence of the light will affect the temperature. Such is the reason why winters are colder than summers.
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∙ 10y ago
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∙ 14y agoHow does the angle of light affect the temperature of a surface?
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∙ 11y agodirect light, at a 90 degree angle, |- will warm the surface more then indirect light. The closer the angle of the light to the surface is to 90 degrees the more it will warm the surface.
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∙ 9y agoWhen the light shines at a right angle to the plane, the surface will receive a larger amount of radiation, and get hot faster.
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