beside the lamp radiation
2007-06-01 05:21:49 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Physics
Mainly convection. Air moves across the lamp and is heated, carrying that heat to the rest of the room. If you touch the lamp, your hand will also be heated by conduction. Air is not highly conductive to heat, so conduction is not normally a significant mode of lamp heating.
2007-06-01 05:24:09 · answer #1 · answered by DavidK93 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The heat you feel is infra-red radiation generated by the filament
Convection can play a part but it travels upward.
2007-06-01 12:20:25 · answer #2 · answered by Billy Butthead 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
current flowing through wires comes to the coil in the light bulb, which is usually made of tungsten, in this coil the current bobards the tungsten atoms from constant flow of current, these atoms then vibrate due to the collisions, vibrations of atoms= heat.
the light comes from movement of electrons, which causes releasing of pure energy, photons, light....just in case you were wondering
just found this...look very useful
http://home.howstuffworks.com/light-bulb.htm
looks like they talk about everything on lights, so if you are interested read that site
2007-06-01 05:43:45 · answer #3 · answered by hooray beer 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
By convection.
2007-06-05 03:22:04 · answer #4 · answered by johnandeileen2000 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
thermal convection
2007-06-01 05:25:46 · answer #5 · answered by sparks9653 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋