Re: Heat vs IR

[Wayde Allen <allen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Tue, 3 Dec 1996, Robert Long wrote:

> On Mon, 02 Dec 1996 17:20:08 +0000 (GMT), Wayde Allen wrote:
> 
> |is gets absorbed.  Reflected energy doesn't heat anything.  The surface
> 
> ??  So why are there reflectors on heat lamps and space heaters?

I think you are starting to get a bit far removed from IR photography, but
the answer is to reflect the heat where you want it.  You want the radiant
heat coming out of the bulb or space heater.  Heating the bulb socket or
the inside of the space heater isn't usually what one wants to do.

- Wayde
  (allen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx)


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