alleryStart learning →Who proposed the empirical T^4 radiation law in 1879?
AJosef Stefan
BLudwig Boltzmann
CMax Planck
DGustav Kirchhoff
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: A. Josef Stefan
Stefan proposed the relation from experiments in 1879 and Boltzmann derived it thermodynamically five years later.
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