alleryStart learning →Ideal radiators are called blackbodies, and their electromagnetic radiation is called:
ANuclear radiation
BCosmic radiation
CBlackbody radiation
DBackground radiation
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: C. Blackbody radiation
1. The idealised emitter gives its name to its radiation.
2. Quantum physics begins with the radiation from hot objects.
3. Ideal radiators are called blackbodies.
4. Their electromagnetic radiation is called blackbody radiation.
_Source: OpenStax College Physics for AP Courses 2e (CC BY 4.0), Ch 29 'Quantum Physics', sections 29.1-29.8_
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