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    In physics, Planck's law (also Planck radiation law: 1305 ) describes the spectral density of electromagnetic radiation emitted by a black body in thermal...
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    dependence in June 1900. Planck discovered the curve now known as Planck's law in October of that year and presented it in December. Planck's original intent was...
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    detailed in the next section. Planck's law for the spectrum of black-body radiation predicts the Wien displacement law and may be used to numerically...
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    the Wien approximation gets ever closer to Planck's law as the frequency increases. The Rayleigh–Jeans law developed by Lord Rayleigh may be used to accurately...
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  • The Planck constant, or Planck's constant, denoted by h {\textstyle h} , is a fundamental physical constant of foundational importance in quantum mechanics:...
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    mathematical identification of Kirchhoff's universal function, now known as Planck's law. Planck also noted that the perfect black bodies of Kirchhoff do not occur...
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  • The Planck relation (referred to as Planck's energy–frequency relation, the Planck–Einstein relation, Planck equation, and Planck formula, though the...
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    Black body (redirect from Black-body law)
    electromagnetic black-body radiation. The radiation is emitted according to Planck's law, meaning that it has a spectrum that is determined by the temperature...
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    Boltzmann constant and the Planck constant, is a direct consequence of Planck's law as formulated in 1900. The Stefan–Boltzmann constant, σ, is derived from...
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    spectrum that depends only on the body's temperature, called the Planck spectrum or Planck's law. The spectrum is peaked at a characteristic frequency that...
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    energy. Nevertheless, this principle of Planck is not actually Planck's preferred statement of the second law, which is quoted above, in a previous sub-section...
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    constant Planck postulate Planck's law of black body radiation Planck-taper window Planck–Bessel window Planck–Einstein relation Planck units Planck energy...
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    {\displaystyle I_{\lambda ,b}} was first determined by Max Planck. It is given by Planck's law per unit wavelength as: I λ , b ( λ , T ) = 2 h c 2 λ 5 ⋅...
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    radiation field is said to be black-body radiation and is described by Planck's law. For local thermodynamic equilibrium, the radiation field does not have...
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    new law at all, to Planck's frustration. He revised his approach and now derived the first version of the famous Planck black-body radiation law, which...
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  • emission can occur in all directions, atmospheric radiative transfer (like Planck's Law) requires units involving a solid angle, such as W/sr/m2.   At the most...
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  • matter.: 56  Hence a substantial body of physical theory developed since Planck's 1899 paper suggests normalizing not G but 4πG (or 8πG) to 1. Doing so would...
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    occurs in the definitions of the kelvin (K) and the gas constant, in Planck's law of black-body radiation and Boltzmann's entropy formula, and is used...
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    derived by Planck in 1901 for electromagnetic radiation of a blackbody in one dimension—i.e., it is the one-dimensional version of Planck's law of blackbody...
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  • speed of light Although the 1967 Elsevier translation of Planck's Nobel Lecture interprets Planck's Lichtquant as "photon", the more literal 1922 translation...
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  • Max Planck Law is a research network connecting nine Max Planck Institutes in Germany engaged in legal research. It is formally classified as a Graduate...
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    at the same temperature as given by the Stefan–Boltzmann law. (A comparison with Planck's law is used if one is concerned with particular wavelengths of...
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    for Colorimetry The spectral radiant exitance of a black body follows Planck's law: M e , λ ( λ , T ) = c 1 λ − 5 exp ⁡ ( c 2 λ T ) − 1 . {\displaystyle...
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    applying this new energy to the partition function in statistical mechanics, Planck's assumptions led to the correct form of the spectral distribution functions:...
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    interacting with quantum matter, such as the photoelectric effect, Planck's law, the Duane–Hunt law, and single-photon light detectors. However, many such phenomena...
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    Planckian locus (redirect from Planck locus)
    equations the black body spectral radiant exitance, which is given by Planck's law: M ( λ , T ) = c 1 λ 5 1 exp ⁡ ( c 2 λ T ) − 1 {\displaystyle M(\lambda...
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  • some laws of electromagnetic radiation and light are as follows. Stefan–Boltzmann law Planck's law of black-body radiation Wien's displacement law Radioactive...
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    1924). "Planck's law and the hypothesis of light quanta" (PostScript). University of Oldenburg. Retrieved 30 November 2016. Bose (1924), "Plancks Gesetz...
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    Department of the University of Dhaka, Bose wrote a paper deriving Planck's quantum radiation law without any reference to classical physics by using a novel...
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  • radiometric data. Stefan–Boltzmann law Planck's law Rayleigh–Jeans law Wien approximation Wien's displacement law Kirchhoff's law of thermal radiation Infrared...
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