Which of the following statement does not hold good for thermal radiation?
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: Thermal radiation travels in straight lines, like light. Thermal radiation obeys the law of refraction. Hence, when it travels from one medium to another, its wavelength and speed changes whereas frequency remains unchanged as frequency is the characteristics of source of thermal radiation.
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