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1.6 Exercise 18

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Broiling is a method of cooking by radiation, which produces somewhat different results from cooking by conduction or convection. A gas flame or electric heating element produces a very high temperature close to the food and above it. Why is radiation the dominant heat-transfer method in this situation?

OpenStax University Physics Volume 2, 1.6 Mechanisms of Heat Transfer, exercise 18

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