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Is that really your question? Do you mean in the experiment when iron and sulfur are mixed and heated why does it glow red? During the experiment iron and sulfur begin to react at higher temperatures. As they react there is a release of energy, some of which is heat and some is in the red light region. During the reaction iron sulfide is produced.

More simplistically, heating many things caused them to glow red. Heating iron can cause the iron alone to start giving off a red glow because while absorbing the heat the electrons in the atoms move to a higher energy level. Some of that absorbeb energy is released as the electrons move back to lower energy levels releasing some energy as red light waves.

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