Curated Video
Emission and Absorption of Infrared Radiation: An Experiment on the Effectiveness of Different Surfaces as Emitters of Infrared Radiation
This video is a lecture presentation on the emission and absorption of infrared radiation or IR. The presenter walks the viewer through an experiment to compare the effectiveness of four different surfaces as emitters of infrared...
NASA
NASA | Exploring Energy: Infrared
How does NASA "see" thermal radiation? This video explores what infrared energy is and how NASA detects it to study our Earth's systems more completely. Satellite measurements over time allow scientists to study seasonal changes in local...
NASA
NASA | The QWIP Detector; an Infrared Instrument
All objects emit infrared radiation and the characteristics of the infrared radiation are primarily dependent on the temperature of the object. One of the unique features of the new Quantum Well Infrared Photodetector (QWIP) instrument...
Curated Video
How Remote Controls Work
In this video, we learn how remote controls work by sending signals through electromagnetic signals. The remote control emits infrared radiation, which is received by a small infrared light detector on the device being operated. By...
Curated Video
Black Body Radiation: Understanding the Relationship Between Temperature and Electromagnetic Radiation Emission and Absorption
This video discusses the relationship between the temperature of a body and the rate at which it emits and absorbs electromagnetic radiation, particularly infrared radiation. The video explains how the relative rates of emission and...
Curated Video
Introduction to Thermal Radiation and Material Surfaces as Absorbers and Emitters
This video is about thermal radiation and how thermal energy is transferred by infrared radiation. The video also explains how different surfaces absorb and emit infrared radiation and their effect on the transfer of thermal energy. The...
FuseSchool
PHYSICS - Radiation - Emitting Radiation
What do you think of when you hear the phrase “emitting radiation”? Do you think it’s a good thing or a bad thing? What if I told you it was vital for life on Earth?
DoodleScience
Heat Transfer - Radiation _ GCSE Physics
Heat can be transferred from place to place by conduction, convection and radiation. Today though we'll be focusing on radiation. All objects emit and absorb thermal radiation, which is also called infrared radiation. Even we do, just a...
Curated Video
Understanding Thermal Radiation: Absorption and Emission of Infrared Energy
This video explains how thermal energy is transferred by infrared radiation and compares the ability of different material surfaces to absorb and emit this radiation. Examples of different objects and surfaces are given to illustrate...
Curated Video
Investigating the Emission and Absorption of Infrared Radiation Based on Surface Nature
The video discusses experiments that investigate how the emission and absorption of infrared radiation depend on the nature of the surface. The experiments involve using copper beakers with different painted surfaces and measuring the...
Curated Video
Uses and Applications of Electromagnetic Waves
In this lecture video, the different types of electromagnetic waves are examined, and their uses and applications are explored. The video begins with an overview of the electromagnetic spectrum, starting with gamma rays and ending with...
TED-Ed
How Quantum Mechanics Explains Global Warming
What do quantum mechanics and global warming have to do with each other? More than you might think. Surprisingly, this video explains how it's not the energy emitted from the sun that causes the problem, but how the infrared radiation...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Infrared: More Than Your Eyes Can See
In this video segment adapted from NASA, astronomer Michelle Thaller introduces the world of infrared light and demonstrates how infrared cameras allow us to see more than what the naked eye can perceive. [5:42]