blackbody: References & Edit History
More Articles On This Topic
- electromagnetic radiationContinuous spectra of electromagnetic radiation
- electromagnetic radiationRadiation laws and Planck’s light quanta
- Planck’s constant
- Max PlanckEarly life
- Planck’s radiation law
- quantum mechanicsPlanck’s radiation law
- spectroscopyApplications
- Josef Stefan
- Stefan-Boltzmann law
- thermal radiation
Article Contributors
Primary Contributors
-
The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Encyclopaedia Britannica's editors oversee subject areas in which they have extensive knowledge, whether from years of experience gained by working on that content or via study for an advanced degree. They write new content and verify and edit content received from contributors.
Other Encyclopedia Britannica Contributors
Article History
| Type | Description | Contributor | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Modified link of Web site: Royal Society of Chemistry Publishing - RSC Advances - Blackbody emission from CaF2 and ZrO2 nanosized dielectric particles doped with Er3+ ions. | Oct 02, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: Chemistry LibreTexts - Blackbody Radiation Cannot Be Explained Classically. | Oct 14, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: OpenStax - University Physics Volume 3 - Blackbody Radiation. | May 28, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: Royal Society of Chemistry Publishing - RSC Advances - Blackbody emission from CaF2 and ZrO2 nanosized dielectric particles doped with Er3+ ions. | Mar 07, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: PNAS - A black body absorber from vertically aligned single-walled carbon nanotubes. | Nov 29, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: Frontiers - Frontiers in Physics - Efficient Solution of Emissivity for the Area Blackbody Based on the Multiple Reflection Method. | Aug 06, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: Leibniz University Hannover - Institute of Theoretical Physics - Blackbody radiation. | Dec 15, 2023 | ||
| Added cross-reference. | Mar 03, 2023 | ||
| Added diagram of spectral energy distributions from blackbody radiation. | Mar 24, 2021 | ||
| Added “also spelled black body” to the first paragraph. Added material about Planck's radiation law. | Mar 24, 2021 | ||
| Article added to new online database. | Jul 20, 1998 |
View Changes:
Article History
Revised:
By: