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Perfect black bodies and radiation
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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