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blackbody
noun
A hypothetical object capable of absorbing all the electromagnetic radiation falling on it
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noun
A hypothetical object capable of absorbing all the electromagnetic radiation falling on it
“A black body maintained at a constant temperature is a full radiator at that temperature because the radiation reaching and leaving it must be in equilibrium”
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A black body maintained at a constant temperature is a full radiator at that temperature because the radiation reaching and leaving it must be in equilibrium
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