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Exploratorium Science Snacks: Hot Spot
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This Exploratorium web page offers an at-home experiment demonstrating how the radiation from an electric heater can be focused into a point, or "hot spot", in the same way that visible light rays are focused. The experiment description lists all the necessary supplies, steps, and procedures needed to carry out the experiment.
https://www.exploratorium.edu/snacks/hot-spot
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© 1998 Exploratorium
Keywords:
focal length, heat, heat radiation, light, radiation, reflection, thermal radiation
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Metadata instance created September 9, 2008 by Logan Hancock
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August 2, 2016 by Lyle Barbato
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September 1, 2008
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(Exploratorium, San Francisco, 1998), WWW Document, (https://www.exploratorium.edu/snacks/hot-spot).
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Exploratorium Science Snacks: Hot Spot (Exploratorium, San Francisco, 1998), <https://www.exploratorium.edu/snacks/hot-spot>.
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Exploratorium Science Snacks: Hot Spot. (2008, September 1). Retrieved May 2, 2025, from Exploratorium: https://www.exploratorium.edu/snacks/hot-spot
Chicago Format
Exploratorium. Exploratorium Science Snacks: Hot Spot. San Francisco: Exploratorium, September 1, 2008. https://www.exploratorium.edu/snacks/hot-spot (accessed 2 May 2025).
MLA Format
Exploratorium Science Snacks: Hot Spot. San Francisco: Exploratorium, 1998. 1 Sep. 2008. 2 May 2025 <https://www.exploratorium.edu/snacks/hot-spot>.
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@misc{ Title = {Exploratorium Science Snacks: Hot Spot}, Publisher = {Exploratorium}, Volume = {2025}, Number = {2 May 2025}, Month = {September 1, 2008}, Year = {1998} }
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