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The curves of emitted radiation from blackbodies of different temperatures. The x-axis shows wavelength and the y-axis shows the amount of energy emitted every second by a square meter of the surface of that blackbody at each wavelength.
The hotter the body, the shorter the wavelength and the bluer the light it emits its maximum amount of energy at. Despite the coolest body in this plot peaking in red light, the other hotter bodies all emit more red light than the coolest body.
The dotted line shows the emitted radiation predicted by classical theory prior to modern quantum mechanics. This prediction tends to infinity at shorter wavelengths for any blackbody temperature above zero and was dubbed the ‘ultraviolet catastrophe’.
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Blackbody RadiationIn Other Languages
영어: Blackbody Radiation - UV Catastrophe독일어: Schwarzkörperstrahlung - UV-Katastrophe
브라질 포르투갈어: Radiação de corpo negro - Catástrofe do UV
이탈리아어: Radiazione di corpo nero - Catastrofe UV
프랑스어: Rayonnement du corps noir - Catastrophe UV
아랍어: إشعاع الجسم الأسود - كارثة الأشعة فوق البنفسجية
마라티어: कृष्णिका प्रारण अतिनील आपत्ती
중국어 번체: 黑體輻射--紫外綫災難
중국어 간체: 黑体辐射--紫外线灾难
스페인어: Radiación de cuerpo negro - Catástrofe UV
페르시아어: تابش جسم سیاه - فاجعه فرابنفش
네팔어: ब्ल्याक बडी रेडिएशन पराबैंगनी विपत्ति/संकट
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