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Standard VII
Physics
Colour of Clothes
shining objec...
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shining object absorb heat or reflect heat?
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A white / shiny surface reflects light, and therefore does not heat up. So in essence you could say it reflects heat, but it would be more appropriate to say that it does not heat up because it reflects radiation.
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