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of the mirror, so after reflecting the light rays travel over a huge distance as parallel
light beams of high intensity.
Used in solar furnaces
Large concave mirrors are used to focus sunlight to produce heat in the solar
furnace. They are also used in solar ovens to collect a large amount of solar energy
in the focus of the concave mirror for heating, cooking, melting metals, etc.
These were some common uses of the concave mirror in daily life. Concave mirrors
are also used in satellite dishes, electronic microscope, visual bomb detectors, etc
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