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Explain why: An optical pyrometer (for...

Explain why:
An optical pyrometer (for measuring high temperature) calibrated for an ideal black body radiation gives too low value for the temperature of a red hot iron piece in the open, but gives a correct value for the temperature when the same piece is in the furnace.

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