Question

as a solid is heated and begins to glow.why does it first appear red?​

Answer 1

Answer:

As a solid is being heated, the electrons become "excited" and "jump" to higher energy states. ... So, as the temperature of solid rises, the wavelength of emitted photons gets shorter and shorter, so the object first glows redish, and than the color moves towards blue part of spectrum.

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