Question

Highlight the examples of radiation in the passage

below.
A chemist working in the laboratory is
investigating the thermal energy of H2O in a
solid, liquid, and gas state. First, she places
ice in a pan on a burner and heats it. She
records the temperature at which the solid ice
melts. Next she takes the liquid water and
heats it in a microwave. The liquid begins to
bubble and evaporate into a gas. She records
the temperature at which the liquid water
turned into a gas.

Answer 1

Heating of the liquid water in a microwave.

Step-by-step explanation:

Radiation is a form of heat transfer process that does not require a material medium rather it travels through space or vacuum in the form of electromagnetic waves or radiation. Heat transfer by radiation occurs in the form of microwaves, infrared radiation, visible light, or another form of electromagnetic radiation is emitted or absorbed. Some common examples of heat transfer by radiation is the warming of the Earth by the Sun, the warmth one experiences while sitting by the campfire, or the heating up of foods in a microwave.

Black bodies or surfaces are good absorbers as well as emitters of radiation. On the other shiny or white surfaces are poor radiators of heat.

From the above discussion on radiation, it can be seen that when the chemist takes the liquid and heats it in a microwave, the heat absorbed by the liquid to change to gaseous state is transferred through radiation.