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thermal radiation



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When heated, the base layers accumulate thermal radiation, which can be thought of as a bath of photons.

From Science Daily • Nov. 21, 2024

If these ephemeral quantum fluctuations could give rise to real forces, theorists mused, perhaps they could also do other things—such as transfer heat sans thermal radiation.

From Scientific American • Dec. 11, 2019

When this occurs, the warmer surface thus emits more thermal radiation, which is a type of IR radiation.

From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2017

They also neglected to include Kirchhoff’s law of thermal radiation in their thermal models of the asteroids.

From Science Magazine • May 23, 2016

I knew if I got close enough to him, the intense thermal radiation he was emitting would scorch me.

From "Darius the Great Is Not Okay" by Adib Khorram