Combined Science GCSE
Absorber
What Absorber means in Combined Science GCSE, as defined for AQA.
Definition of Absorber
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Reference: AQA
The thing that receives the energy, such as a surface that heats up, a radio receiver or a photographic film.
Topics that use Absorber
- Types of electromagnetic waves (AQA GCSE)
Related terms
- Absorption
- electromagnetic spectrum
- inverse relationship
- Source
- Visible light
- Constant speed of electromagnetic waves in a vacuum
- Energy transfer by electromagnetic radiation
- Energy transfer by electromagnetic waves
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