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BLACK BODY RADIATION [1 record]

Record 1 2016-02-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Physics
  • Plastics Manufacturing
DEF

The electromagnetic radiation emitted by an ideal black-body; it is the theoretical maximum amount of radiant energy of all wavelengths which can be emitted by a body at a given temperature.

CONT

The properties of the gas, which Planck and his contemporaries called blackbody radiation, are almost independent of the matter used to create it.

Key term(s)
  • blackbody emission
  • black body emission

French

Domaine(s)
  • Physique
  • Plasturgie
DEF

Rayonnement électromagnétique maximal que peut émettre théoriquement, par unité de surface, un corps à une température déterminée.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Física
  • Fabricación de plásticos
DEF

Cantidad máxima teórica de radiación electromagnética que puede ser emitida, por unidad de área de un cuerpo, a una temperatura dada.

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