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A piece of iron is heated in a flame. It first becomes dull red then becomes reddish yellow and finally turns to white hot. The correct explanation for the above observation is possible by using.

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The change in colour is due to increase in the frequency of radiation emitted on heating as red colour lies in the lower frequency region while blue colour lies in the high frequency region.
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