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Perfect black bodies and radiation — AQA GCSE Physics 8463
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Perfect black bodies and radiation
AQA GCSE Physics · 8463
Perfect black bodies and radiation
What you need to know
Explain how the intensity and wavelength distribution of emission depend on temperature.
Explain how the temperature of a body is related to the balance between incoming and emitted radiation (HT only).
Show how radiation affects the temperature of the Earth's surface and atmosphere (HT only).
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