Which type of mirror is used in a solar furnace? Support your answer with reason.

Concave mirror is used in a solar furnace.


at the focus the solar furnace is placed of a large concave reflector.


When parallel rays of light from sun fall on the surface of the concave mirror, rays gets reflected and meet at the focus of the mirror due to the converging nature of concave mirror. Thus, the furnace kept at the focus becomes very hot


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