Physics
Explain briefly the process of heat transfer by radiation.
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Radiation is the process of heat transfer in which heat directly passes from one body at high temperature to another body at low temperature without affecting the medium. In vacuum heat transfer occurs by radiation process. We get heat from the sun by radiation.
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