Chemistry GCSE
Absorption of infrared radiation
What Absorption of infrared radiation means in Chemistry GCSE, as defined for AQA.
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Greenhouse gases take in some of the outgoing longer wavelength infrared radiation that Earth re-emits after its surface warms.
Topics that use Absorption of infrared radiation
- Greenhouse gases (AQA GCSE)
Related terms
- Absorption and re-emission of radiation
- Earth's energy balance
- Greenhouse effect mechanism
- Greenhouse gases
- Natural greenhouse effect
- Conditions for life
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