How is infrared different from other light?

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And why and how does it represent heat unlike other wavelengths of light?

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It is not different, it’s just below (infra) visible red in wavelength.

Hot things radiate IR, but if you heat it more it radiates other colors as well, this is called black body radiation. Think about a smith heating metal, or an incandescent bulb heating its tungsten wire.

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