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Two identical metal rods are heated in a fire. The first rod glows red, the second rod glows yellow. Which one is colder?

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Red I believe ????????????????????????

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As metal heats, the color gets lighter, so it would start off as red, then change to orange, then yellow then white.

Red is the colder color.

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