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Infrared radiation

• Infrared waves-part of the electromagnetic spectrum.
• Part of the spectrum just beyond the visible red light.
• Can detect infrared radiation with skin- makes us feel warm.
• All objects emit infrared radiation.
• The hotter an object is the more infrared radiation it emits in a given time.
• IR can travel through a vacuum, such as space- how we energy from the sun.

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