Stefan-Boltzmann law: Quick Facts

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Also Known As	Stefan’s law

Topics

heat thermal radiation blackbody Planck’s radiation law caloric theory blackbody radiation latent heat thermal conductivity Wien’s law enthalpy thermal conduction heat capacity British thermal unit

Key People

Boltzmann, Ludwig Eduard

Ludwig Boltzmann

Austrian physicist

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Josef Stefan

Austrian physicist

Italian-born physicist Dr. Enrico Fermi draws a diagram at a blackboard with mathematical equations. circa 1950.

Physics and Natural Law