Radiation Heat Transfer

The third type of heat transfer is radiation. Radiation is like the sun shining on you on a hot day. Radiation is a form of electromagnetic waves traveling through space. Whether it is radio waves, light waves, or heat waves, they are all forms of radiation. The waves travel through empty space, just like the sun's heat waves, to reach you. Just think, the sun is millions of miles away out in space, yet its heat waves still reach you. All that is because of radiation. Radiation melts everything cold like ice, and ice cream. One example of radiation is UV light. Which, of course, you can obtain naturally obtain from the sun. Another example of radiation is heating lamps that you see in reptile tanks at the pet store. One last example is the microwave which lets out radioactive waves. Radiation is important.