Sunday, 26 February 2017

thermodynamics - Can a glass window protect from heat radiation?


I have been reading in this and found a statement saying : " Glass will not transmit heat radiation.". So now I am confused. If glass won't transmit heat radiation, then why do we feel hot when we sit in front of a glass window in a sunny day ? Also, why do we find the car seats facing the windshield so hot in a sunny day ?


One other thing, let's say a nuclear detonation happened somewhere nearby and I was standing behind a glass window, will this window protect me from thermal or heat radiation effects of the bomb ?




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