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Definition of Black-body radiation

1. Noun. The electromagnetic radiation that would be radiated from an ideal black body; the distribution of energy in the radiated spectrum of a black body depends only on temperature and is determined by Planck's radiation law.

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Literary usage of Black-body radiation

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Lectures: On Illuminating Engineering Delivered at the Johns Hopkins by Johns Hopkins University, Illuminating Engineering Society (1911)
"From an examination of this curve it is seen that for black-body radiation the ratio -f- reaches a maximum at a temperature of Li about 5000° Abs., ..."

2. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1906)
"I think this departure of the radiation of a substance from black body radiation should be attributed to its actual cause, selective excitation, ..."

3. A College Text-book of Physics by Arthur Lalanne Kimball (1911)
"... and equal to black-body radiation. Draper drew from his experiment the erroneous conclusion that all bodies became self-luminous at the same temperature ..."

4. A Treatise on the Sun's Radiation and Other Solar Phenomena: In Continuation by Frank Hagar Bigelow (1918)
"... CHAPTER IV The Coefficients in the Stefan and the Wien-Planck Formulas for Black Body Radiation The Conversion from the (MKS) System to the ..."

5. High-temperature Measurements by Henri Le Chatelier, Octave Boudouard (1904)
"The radiations from such substances as carbon and iron approximate fairly near to black-body radiation, while such bodies as polished platinum and magnesia, ..."

6. Pyrometry: The Papers and Discussion of a Symposium on Pyrometry Held by the by National Research Council (U.S.) (1920)
"... cast iron and of others on black-body radiation, that cast iron at 1600° K. (1327° C.) radiates energy at a rate of 10.8 watts per sq cm., ..."

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