Question

Water is heated in a boiler that burns a fuel such as natural gas or heating oil. The boiler converts the chemical energy stored in the fuel to thermal energy. The heated water is pumped from the boiler through pipes and radiators throughout the house. There is usually a radiator in each room. The radiators get warm when the hot water flows through them. The radiators ______________________ thermal energy.

Answer 1

Radiation is the transfer of heat energy through space by electromagnetic radiation. Most of the electromagnetic radiation that comes to the earth from the sun is invisible. ... In electromagnetic radiation, its frequency is the number of electromagnetic waves moving past a point each second.