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A third way heat can be transferred from one substance to another is through radiation.

Don’t let that word scare you! Radiation is a form of electromagnetic energy, like light waves and radio waves, that is all around us. And we’ve found ways to put that energy to good use in the kitchen.

Radiant heat waves deposit energy into molecules directly—not through the process of conduction or convection.

One of the examples below is not an example of radiation. Which one is it?
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