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{{Short description|Law of wavelength-specific emission and absorption}} |
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:''See also [[Kirchhoff's laws (disambiguation)]] for other laws named after [[Gustav Kirchhoff]]''. |
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[[File:Gustav Robert Kirchhoff.jpg|right|thumb|[[Gustav Kirchhoff]] (1824{{ndash}}1887) ]] |
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In [[thermodynamics]], '''Kirchhoff's law of thermal radiation''' refers to wavelength-specific radiative [[Emission spectrum|emission]] and [[Absorption (electromagnetic radiation)|absorption]] by a material body in [[thermodynamic equilibrium]], including radiative exchange equilibrium. |
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In [[heat transfer]], '''Kirchhoff's law of thermal radiation''' refers to wavelength-specific radiative [[Emission spectrum|emission]] and [[Absorption (electromagnetic radiation)|absorption]] by a material body in [[thermodynamic equilibrium]], including radiative exchange equilibrium. It is a special case of [[Onsager reciprocal relations]] as a consequence of the [[time reversibility]] of microscopic dynamics, also known as [[microscopic reversibility]]. |
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A body at [[temperature]] {{math|''T''}} radiates [[electromagnetic energy]]. A perfect [[black body]] in thermodynamic equilibrium absorbs all light that strikes it, and radiates energy according to a unique law of radiative emissive power for temperature {{math|''T''}}, universal for all perfect black bodies. Kirchhoff's law states that: |
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A body at [[temperature]] {{math|''T''}} radiates [[electromagnetic energy]]. A perfect [[black body]] in thermodynamic equilibrium absorbs all light that strikes it, and radiates energy according to a unique law of radiative emissive power for temperature {{math|''T''}} ([[Stefan–Boltzmann law]]), universal for all perfect black bodies. Kirchhoff's law states that: |
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:''For a body of any arbitrary material emitting and absorbing thermal electromagnetic radiation at every wavelength in thermodynamic equilibrium, the ratio of its emissive power to its dimensionless coefficient of absorption is equal to a universal function only of radiative wavelength and temperature. That universal function describes the perfect black-body emissive power.''<ref name="Kirchhoff 1860">{{harvnb|Kirchhoff|1860}}</ref><ref name="Planck 1914">{{harvnb|Planck|1914}}</ref><ref>{{harvnb|Milne|1930|page=80}}</ref><ref>{{harvnb|Chandrasekhar|1950|page=8}}</ref><ref>{{harvnb|Mihalas|Weibel-Mihalas|1984|page=328}}</ref><ref>{{harvnb|Goody|Yung|1989|pages=27–28}}</ref> |
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{{block indent|For a body of any arbitrary material emitting and absorbing thermal electromagnetic radiation at every wavelength in thermodynamic equilibrium, the ratio of its emissive power to its dimensionless coefficient of absorption is equal to a universal function only of radiative wavelength and temperature. That universal function describes the perfect black-body emissive power.<ref name="Kirchhoff 1860">{{harvnb|Kirchhoff|1860}}</ref><ref name="Planck 1914">{{harvnb|Planck|1914}}</ref><ref>{{harvnb|Milne|1930|page=80}}</ref><ref>{{harvnb|Chandrasekhar|1960|page=8}}</ref><ref>{{harvnb|Mihalas|Weibel-Mihalas|1984|page=328}}</ref><ref>{{harvnb|Goody|Yung|1989|pages=27–28}}</ref>}} |
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Here, the dimensionless coefficient of absorption (or the absorptivity) is the fraction of incident light (power) that is absorbed by the body when it is radiating and absorbing in thermodynamic equilibrium. |
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Here, the dimensionless coefficient of absorption (or the absorptivity) is the fraction of incident light (power) at each spectral frequency that is absorbed by the body when it is radiating and absorbing in thermodynamic equilibrium. |
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In slightly different terms, the emissive power of an arbitrary opaque body of fixed size and shape at a definite temperature can be described by a dimensionless ratio, sometimes called the [[emissivity]], the ratio of the emissive power of the body to the emissive power of a black body of the same size and shape at the same fixed temperature. With this definition, Kirchhoff's law states: |
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In slightly different terms, the emissive power of an arbitrary opaque body of fixed size and shape at a definite temperature can be described by a dimensionless ratio, sometimes called the [[emissivity]]: the ratio of the emissive power of the body to the emissive power of a black body of the same size and shape at the same fixed temperature. With this definition, Kirchhoff's law states, in simpler language: |
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:''For an arbitrary body emitting and absorbing thermal radiation in thermodynamic equilibrium, the emissivity is equal to the absorptivity.'' |
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{{block indent|For an arbitrary body emitting and absorbing thermal radiation in thermodynamic equilibrium, the emissivity function is equal to the absorptivity function.}} |
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In some cases, emissive power and absorptivity may be defined to depend on angle, as described below. The condition of thermodynamic equilibrium is necessary in the statement, because the equality of emissivity and absorptivity often does not hold when the material of the body is not in thermodynamic equilibrium. |
In some cases, emissive power and absorptivity may be defined to depend on angle, as described below. The condition of thermodynamic equilibrium is necessary in the statement, because the equality of emissivity and absorptivity often does not hold when the material of the body is not in thermodynamic equilibrium. |
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Kirchhoff's law has another corollary: the emissivity cannot exceed one (because the absorptivity cannot, by [[conservation of energy]]), so it is not possible to thermally radiate more energy than a black body, at equilibrium. In [[negative luminescence]] the angle and wavelength integrated absorption exceeds the material's emission |
Kirchhoff's law has another corollary: the emissivity cannot exceed one (because the absorptivity cannot, by [[conservation of energy]]), so it is not possible to thermally radiate more energy than a black body, at equilibrium. In [[negative luminescence]] the angle and wavelength integrated absorption exceeds the material's emission; however, such systems are powered by an external source and are therefore not in thermodynamic equilibrium. |
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== Principle of detailed balance == |
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Kirchhoff's law of thermal radiation has a refinement in that not only is thermal emissivity equal to absorptivity, it is equal ''in detail''. Consider a leaf. It is a poor absorber of green light (around 470 nm), which is why it looks green. By the principle of detailed balance, it is also a poor emitter of green light. |
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In other words, if a material, illuminated by black-body radiation of temperature <math>T</math>, is dark at a certain frequency <math>\nu</math>, then its thermal radiation will also be dark at the same frequency <math>\nu</math> and the same temperature <math>T</math>. |
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More generally, all [[Intensive and extensive properties|intensive properties]] are balanced in detail. So for example, the absorptivity at a certain incidence direction, for a certain frequency, of a certain polarization, is the same as the emissivity at the same direction, for the same frequency, of the same polarization. This is the principle of detailed balance.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book |last=Reif |first=Frederick |title=Fundamentals of statistical and thermal physics |date=2009 |publisher=Waveland Press |isbn=978-1-57766-612-7 |edition=reiss |location=Long Grove, Ill |pages=383-385}}</ref><ref>{{Citation |last=Oxenius |first=Joachim |title=Thermal Equilibrium and Detailed Balance |date=1986 |work=Kinetic Theory of Particles and Photons: Theoretical Foundations of Non-LTE Plasma Spectroscopy |pages=1–34 |editor-last=Oxenius |editor-first=Joachim |url=https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-70728-5_1 |access-date=2024-06-25 |place=Berlin, Heidelberg |publisher=Springer |language=en |doi=10.1007/978-3-642-70728-5_1 |isbn=978-3-642-70728-5}}</ref> |
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{{block indent|In equilibrium the power radiated and absorbed by the body must be equal for any particular element of area of the body, for any particular direction of polarization, and for any frequency range.}} |
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== History == |
== History == |
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Before Kirchhoff's law was recognized, it had been experimentally established that a good absorber is a good emitter, and a poor absorber is a poor emitter. Naturally, a good reflector must be a poor absorber. This is why, for example, lightweight [[space blanket|emergency thermal blankets]] are based on reflective [[optical coating|metallic coatings]]: they lose little heat by radiation. |
Before Kirchhoff's law was recognized, it had been experimentally established that a good absorber is a good emitter, and a poor absorber is a poor emitter. Naturally, a good reflector must be a poor absorber. This is why, for example, lightweight [[space blanket|emergency thermal blankets]] are based on reflective [[optical coating|metallic coatings]]: they lose little heat by radiation. |
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Kirchhoff's great insight was to recognize the universality and uniqueness of the function that describes the black body emissive power. But he did not know the precise form or character of that universal function. Attempts were made by [[Lord Rayleigh]] and [[James Jeans|Sir James Jeans]] |
Kirchhoff's great insight was to recognize the universality and uniqueness of the function that describes the black body emissive power. But he did not know the precise form or character of that universal function. Attempts were made by [[Lord Rayleigh]] and [[James Jeans|Sir James Jeans]] 1900–1905 to describe it in classical terms, resulting in [[Rayleigh–Jeans law]]. This law turned out to be inconsistent yielding the [[ultraviolet catastrophe]]. The correct form of the law was found by [[Max Planck]] in 1900, assuming quantized emission of radiation, and is termed [[Planck's law]].<ref>{{harvnb|Kangro|1976}}</ref> This marks the advent of [[quantum mechanics]]. |
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== Theory == |
== Theory == |
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In a blackbody enclosure that contains electromagnetic radiation with a certain amount of energy at thermodynamic equilibrium, this "[[photon gas]]" will have a [[Planck's law|Planck distribution]] of energies.<ref>Rybicki |
In a blackbody enclosure that contains electromagnetic radiation with a certain amount of energy at thermodynamic equilibrium, this "[[photon gas]]" will have a [[Planck's law|Planck distribution]] of energies.<ref>{{harvnb|Rybicki |Lightman|1979|pp=15–20}}</ref> |
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One may suppose a second system, a cavity with walls that are opaque, rigid, and not perfectly reflective to any wavelength, to be brought into connection, through an optical filter, with the blackbody enclosure, both at the same temperature. Radiation can pass from one system to the other. For example, suppose in the second system, the density of photons at narrow frequency band around wavelength <math>\lambda</math> were higher than that of the first system. If the optical filter passed only that frequency band, then there would be a net transfer of photons, and their energy, from the second system to the first. This is in violation of the second law of thermodynamics, which requires that there can be no net transfer of heat between two bodies at the same temperature. |
One may suppose a second system, a cavity with walls that are opaque, rigid, and not perfectly reflective to any wavelength, to be brought into connection, through an optical filter, with the blackbody enclosure, both at the same temperature. Radiation can pass from one system to the other. For example, suppose in the second system, the density of photons at narrow frequency band around wavelength <math>\lambda</math> were higher than that of the first system. If the optical filter passed only that frequency band, then there would be a net transfer of photons, and their energy, from the second system to the first. This is in violation of the second law of thermodynamics, which requires that there can be no net transfer of heat between two bodies at the same temperature. |
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In the second system, therefore, at each frequency, the walls must absorb and emit energy in such a way as to maintain the black body distribution.<ref>{{harvnb|Rybicki|Lightman|1979|p={{pn|date=July 2021}}}}</ref> Hence absorptivity and emissivity must be equal. The [[Absorptance|absorptivity]] <math>\alpha_\lambda</math> of the wall is the ratio of the energy absorbed by the wall to the energy incident on the wall, for a particular wavelength. Thus the absorbed energy is <math>\alpha_\lambda E_{b \lambda}(\lambda,T)</math> where <math>E_{b \lambda}(\lambda,T)</math> is the intensity of black-body radiation at wavelength <math>\lambda</math> and temperature <math>T</math>. Independent of the condition of thermal equilibrium, the [[emissivity]] of the wall is defined as the ratio of emitted energy to the amount that would be radiated if the wall were a perfect black body. The emitted energy is thus <math>\varepsilon_\lambda E_{b \lambda}(\lambda,T)</math> where <math>\varepsilon_\lambda</math> is the emissivity at wavelength <math>\lambda</math>. For the maintenance of thermal equilibrium, these two quantities must be equal, or else the distribution of photon energies in the cavity will deviate from that of a black body. This yields '''Kirchhoff's law''': |
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In the second system, therefore, at each frequency, the walls must absorb and emit energy in such a way as to maintain the black body distribution.<ref name="Rybicki"> |
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}}</ref> For the condition of thermal equilibrium, the [[Absorbance|absorptivity]] <math>\alpha_\lambda</math> is the ratio of the energy absorbed by the wall to the energy incident on the wall, for a particular wavelength. Thus the absorbed energy is <math>\alpha_\lambda E_{b \lambda}(\lambda,T)</math> where <math>E_{b \lambda}(\lambda,T)</math> is the intensity of black body radiation at wavelength <math>\lambda</math> and temperature <math>T</math>. Independent of the condition of thermal equilibrium, the [[emissivity]] of the wall is defined as the ratio of emitted energy to the amount that would be radiated if the wall were a perfect black body. The emitted energy is thus <math>\epsilon_\lambda E_{b \lambda}(\lambda,T)</math> where <math>\epsilon_\lambda</math> is the emissivity at wavelength <math>\lambda</math>. For the maintenance of thermal equilibrium, these two quantities must be equal, or else the distribution of photon energies in the cavity will deviate from that of a black body. This yields '''Kirchhoff's law''': |
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<math display="block">\alpha_\lambda = \varepsilon_\lambda</math> |
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By a similar, but more complicated argument, it can be shown that, since black |
By a similar, but more complicated argument, it can be shown that, since black-body radiation is equal in every direction (isotropic), the emissivity and the absorptivity, if they happen to be dependent on direction, must again be equal for any given direction.<ref>{{harvnb|Rybicki|Lightman|1979|p={{pn|date=July 2021}}}}</ref> |
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Average and overall absorptivity and emissivity data are often given for materials with values which ''differ'' from each other. For example, white paint is quoted as having an absorptivity of 0.16, while having an emissivity of 0.93.<ref>http://www.solarmirror.com/fom/fom-serve/cache/43.html</ref> This is because the absorptivity is averaged with weighting for the solar spectrum, while the emissivity is weighted for the emission of the paint itself at normal ambient temperatures. The absorptivity quoted in such cases is being calculated by: |
Average and overall absorptivity and emissivity data are often given for materials with values which ''differ'' from each other. For example, white paint is quoted as having an absorptivity of 0.16, while having an emissivity of 0.93.<ref>{{Cite web | url=http://www.solarmirror.com/fom/fom-serve/cache/43.html | title=The Solar-AC FAQ: Table of absorptivity and emissivity of common materials and coatings}}</ref> This is because the absorptivity is averaged with weighting for the solar spectrum, while the emissivity is weighted for the emission of the paint itself at normal ambient temperatures. The absorptivity quoted in such cases is being calculated by: |
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<math display="block">\alpha_{\mathrm{sun}}=\displaystyle\frac{\int_0^\infty \alpha_\lambda(\lambda)I_{\lambda \mathrm{sun}} (\lambda)\,d\lambda} {\int_0^\infty I_{\lambda \mathrm{sun}}(\lambda)\,d\lambda}</math> |
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while the average emissivity is given by: |
while the average emissivity is given by: |
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<math display="block">\varepsilon_{\mathrm{paint}}=\frac{\int_0^\infty \varepsilon_\lambda (\lambda,T) E_{b\lambda}(\lambda,T)\,d\lambda}{\int_0^\infty E_{b \lambda}(\lambda,T)\,d\lambda}</math> |
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where <math>I_{\lambda \mathrm{sun}}</math> is the emission spectrum of the sun, and <math>\varepsilon_\lambda E_{b \lambda}(\lambda,T)</math> is the emission spectrum of the paint. Although, by Kirchhoff's law, <math>\varepsilon_\lambda=\alpha_\lambda</math> in the above equations, the above ''averages'' <math>\alpha_{\mathrm{sun}}</math> and <math>\varepsilon_{\mathrm{paint}}</math> are not generally equal to each other. The white paint will serve as a very good insulator against solar radiation, because it is very reflective of the solar radiation, and although it therefore emits poorly in the solar band, its temperature will be around room temperature, and it will emit whatever radiation it has absorbed in the infrared, where its emission coefficient is high. |
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=== Planck's derivation === |
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[[File:Hertz transmitter and receiver - English.svg|thumb|The apparatus used by Hertz to generate and receive EM waves. The receiver is a Hertzian resonator, and it is tuned to receive a single frequency. In modern notation, the receiver receives an EM wave with frequency <math>\nu = (LC)^{-1/2}</math>.]] |
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Historically, Planck derived the black body radiation law and detailed balance according to a classical thermodynamic argument, with a single heuristic step, which was later interpreted as a quantization hypothesis.<ref>{{Citation |last=Duncan |first=Anthony |title=Planck, the Second Law of Thermodynamics, and Black‐body Radiation |date=2019-08-29 |work=Constructing Quantum Mechanics |pages=45–83 |url=https://academic.oup.com/book/36523/chapter/321280182 |access-date=2024-06-25 |edition=1 |publisher=Oxford University PressOxford |language=en |doi=10.1093/oso/9780198845478.003.0002 |isbn=978-0-19-884547-8 |last2=Janssen |first2=Michel}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Pippard |first=Alfred B. |title=Elements of classical thermodynamics: for advanced students of physics |date=1981 |publisher=Univ. Pr |isbn=978-0-521-09101-5 |edition=Repr |location=Cambridge |pages=77-78}}</ref> |
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In Planck's set up, he started with a large [[Hohlraum]] at a fixed temperature <math>T</math>. At thermal equilibrium, the Hohlraum is filled with a distribution of EM waves at thermal equilibrium with the walls of the Hohlraum. Next, he considered connecting the Hohlraum to a single small [[resonator]], such as Hertzian resonators. The resonator reaches a certain form of thermal equilibrium with the Hohlraum, when the spectral input into the resonator equals the spectral output at the resonance frequency. |
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Next, suppose there are two Hohlraums at the same fixed temperature <math>T</math>, then Planck argued that the thermal equilibrium of the small resonator is the same when connected to either Hohlraum. For, we can disconnect the resonator from one Hohlraum and connect it to another. If the thermal equilibrium were different, then we have just transported energy from one to another, violating the second law. Therefore, the spectrum of all black bodies are identical at the same temperature. |
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Using a heuristic of quantization, which he gleaned from Boltzmann, Planck argued that a resonator tuned to frequency <math>\nu</math>, with average energy <math>E</math>, would contain entropy<math display="block">S_\nu = k_B\left[\left(1 + \frac{E}{h\nu}\right)\ln\left(1 + \frac{E}{h\nu}\right) - \frac{E}{h\nu}\ln \frac{E}{h\nu}\right]</math>for some constant <math>h</math> (later termed the Planck constant). Then applying <math>k_B T = (\partial_E S)^{-1}</math>, Planck obtained the black body radiation law. |
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Another argument that does not depend on the precise form of the entropy function, can be given as follows. Next, suppose we have a material that violates Kirchhoff's law when integrated, such that the total coefficient of absorption is not equal to the coefficient of emission at a certain <math>T</math>, then if the material at temperature <math>T</math> is placed into a Hohlraum at temperature <math>T</math>, it would spontaneously emit more than it absorbs, or conversely, thus spontaneously creating a temperature difference, violating the second law. |
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Finally, suppose we have a material that violates Kirchhoff's law ''in detail'', such that such that the total coefficient of absorption is not equal to the coefficient of emission at a certain <math>T</math> and ''at a certain frequency'' <math>\nu</math>, then since it does not violate Kirchhoff's law when integrated, there must exist two frequencies <math>\nu_1 \neq \nu_2</math>, such that the material absorbs more than it emits at <math>\nu_1</math>, and conversely at <math>\nu_2</math>. Now, place this material in one Hohlraum. It would spontaneously create a shift in the spectrum, making it higher at <math>\nu_2</math> than at <math>\nu_1</math>. However, this then allows us to tap from one Hohlraum with a resonator tuned at <math>\nu_2</math>, then detach and attach to another Hohlraum at the same temperature, thus transporting energy from one to another, violating the second law. |
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We may apply the same argument for polarization and direction of radiation, obtaining the full principle of detailed balance.<ref name=":0" /> |
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==Black bodies== |
==Black bodies== |
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It has long been known that a [[Carbon black|lamp-black coating]] will make a body nearly black. Some other materials are nearly black in particular wavelength bands. Such materials do not survive all the very high temperatures that are of interest. |
It has long been known that a [[Carbon black|lamp-black coating]] will make a body nearly black. Some other materials are nearly black in particular wavelength bands. Such materials do not survive all the very high temperatures that are of interest. |
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An improvement on lamp-black is found in manufactured carbon nanotubes. Nano-porous materials can achieve [[refractive indices]] nearly that of vacuum, in one case obtaining average reflectance of 0.045%.<ref> |
An improvement on lamp-black is found in manufactured carbon nanotubes. Nano-porous materials can achieve [[refractive indices]] nearly that of vacuum, in one case obtaining average reflectance of 0.045%.<ref>{{harvnb|Chun|2008}}</ref><ref> |
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===Opaque bodies=== |
===Opaque bodies=== |
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The walls of a cavity can be made of opaque materials that absorb significant amounts of radiation at all wavelengths. It is not necessary that every part of the interior walls be a good absorber at every wavelength. The effective range of absorbing wavelengths can be extended by the use of patches of several differently absorbing materials in parts of the interior walls of the cavity. In thermodynamic equilibrium the cavity radiation will precisely obey Planck's law. In this sense, thermodynamic equilibrium cavity radiation may be regarded as thermodynamic equilibrium black-body radiation to which Kirchhoff's law applies exactly, though no perfectly black body in Kirchhoff's sense is present. |
The walls of a cavity can be made of opaque materials that absorb significant amounts of radiation at all wavelengths. It is not necessary that every part of the interior walls be a good absorber at every wavelength. The effective range of absorbing wavelengths can be extended by the use of patches of several differently absorbing materials in parts of the interior walls of the cavity. In thermodynamic equilibrium the cavity radiation will precisely obey Planck's law. In this sense, thermodynamic equilibrium cavity radiation may be regarded as thermodynamic equilibrium black-body radiation to which Kirchhoff's law applies exactly, though no perfectly black body in Kirchhoff's sense is present. |
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A theoretical model considered by Planck consists of a cavity with perfectly reflecting walls, initially with no material contents, into which is then put a small piece of carbon. Without the small piece of carbon, there is no way for non-equilibrium radiation initially in the cavity to drift towards thermodynamic equilibrium. When the small piece of carbon is put in, it transduces amongst radiation frequencies so that the cavity radiation comes to thermodynamic equilibrium.<ref name="Planck 1914"/> |
A theoretical model considered by Planck consists of a cavity with perfectly reflecting walls, initially with no material contents, into which is then put a small piece of carbon. Without the small piece of carbon, there is no way for non-equilibrium radiation initially in the cavity to drift towards thermodynamic equilibrium. When the small piece of carbon is put in, it {{clarify-span|transduces amongst|reason=Need to define, wikify, or rephrase.|date=November 2023}} radiation frequencies so that the cavity radiation comes to thermodynamic equilibrium.<ref name="Planck 1914"/> |
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===A hole in the wall of a cavity=== |
===A hole in the wall of a cavity=== |
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{{further|Hohlraum}} |
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For experimental purposes, a hole in a cavity can be devised to provide a good approximation to a black surface, but will not be perfectly Lambertian, and must be viewed from nearly right angles to get the best properties. The construction of such devices was an important step in the empirical measurements that led to the precise mathematical identification of Kirchhoff's universal function, now known as [[Planck's law]]. |
For experimental purposes, a hole in a cavity can be devised to provide a good approximation to a black surface, but will not be perfectly Lambertian, and must be viewed from nearly right angles to get the best properties. The construction of such devices was an important step in the empirical measurements that led to the precise mathematical identification of Kirchhoff's universal function, now known as [[Planck's law]]. |
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==Original statements== |
==Original statements== |
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[[Gustav Kirchhoff]] stated his law in several papers in 1859 and 1860, and then in 1862 in an appendix to his collected reprints of those and some related papers.<ref>Kirchhoff |
[[Gustav Kirchhoff]] stated his law in several papers in 1859 and 1860, and then in 1862 in an appendix to his collected reprints of those and some related papers.<ref>{{harvnb|Kirchhoff|1862}}</ref> |
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Prior to Kirchhoff's studies, it was known that for total heat radiation, the ratio of emissive power to absorptive ratio was the same for all bodies emitting and absorbing thermal radiation in thermodynamic equilibrium. This means that a good absorber is a good emitter. Naturally, a good reflector is a poor absorber. For wavelength specificity, prior to Kirchhoff, the ratio was shown experimentally by [[Balfour Stewart]] to be the same for all bodies, but the universal value of the ratio had not been explicitly considered in its own right as a function of wavelength and temperature. |
Prior to Kirchhoff's studies, it was known that for total heat radiation, the ratio of emissive power to absorptive ratio was the same for all bodies emitting and absorbing thermal radiation in thermodynamic equilibrium. This means that a good absorber is a good emitter. Naturally, a good reflector is a poor absorber. For wavelength specificity, prior to Kirchhoff, the ratio was shown experimentally by [[Balfour Stewart]] to be the same for all bodies, but the universal value of the ratio had not been explicitly considered in its own right as a function of wavelength and temperature. |
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Every such black body emits from its surface with a [[spectral radiance]] that Kirchhoff labeled {{math|''I''}} (for [[specific radiative intensity|specific intensity]], the traditional name for spectral radiance). |
Every such black body emits from its surface with a [[spectral radiance]] that Kirchhoff labeled {{math|''I''}} (for [[specific radiative intensity|specific intensity]], the traditional name for spectral radiance). |
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{{block indent|''Kirchhoff's postulated spectral radiance {{math|I}} was a universal function, one and the same for all black bodies, only depending on wavelength and temperature.''}} |
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The precise mathematical expression for that universal function {{math|''I''}} was very much unknown to Kirchhoff, and it was just postulated to exist, until its precise mathematical expression was found in 1900 by [[Max Planck]]. It is nowadays referred to as Planck's law. |
The precise mathematical expression for that universal function {{math|''I''}} was very much unknown to Kirchhoff, and it was just postulated to exist, until its precise mathematical expression was found in 1900 by [[Max Planck]]. It is nowadays referred to as Planck's law. |
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Then, at each wavelength, for thermodynamic equilibrium in an enclosure, opaque to heat rays, with walls that absorb some radiation at every wavelength: |
Then, at each wavelength, for thermodynamic equilibrium in an enclosure, opaque to heat rays, with walls that absorb some radiation at every wavelength: |
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{{block indent|''For an arbitrary body radiating and emitting thermal radiation, the ratio {{math|E / A}} between the emissive spectral radiance, {{math|E}}, and the dimensionless absorptive ratio, {{math|A}}, is one and the same for all bodies at a given temperature. That ratio {{math|E / A}} is equal to the emissive spectral radiance {{math|I}} of a perfect black body, a universal function only of wavelength and temperature.''}} |
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== See also == |
== See also == |
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* [[Kirchhoff's laws (disambiguation)]] |
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* [[Sakuma–Hattori equation]] |
* [[Sakuma–Hattori equation]] |
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* [[Wien's displacement law]] |
* [[Wien's displacement law]] |
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* [[Stefan–Boltzmann law]], which states that the power of emission is proportional to the fourth power of the black body's temperature |
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* [[Evgeny Lifshitz]] and L. P. Pitaevskii, ''Statistical Physics: Part 2'', 3rd edition (Elsevier, 1980). |
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Latest revision as of 21:06, 7 July 2024
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In heat transfer, Kirchhoff's law of thermal radiation refers to wavelength-specific radiative emission and absorption by a material body in thermodynamic equilibrium, including radiative exchange equilibrium. It is a special case of Onsager reciprocal relations as a consequence of the time reversibility of microscopic dynamics, also known as microscopic reversibility.
A body at temperature T radiates electromagnetic energy. A perfect black body in thermodynamic equilibrium absorbs all light that strikes it, and radiates energy according to a unique law of radiative emissive power for temperature T (Stefan–Boltzmann law), universal for all perfect black bodies. Kirchhoff's law states that:
Here, the dimensionless coefficient of absorption (or the absorptivity) is the fraction of incident light (power) at each spectral frequency that is absorbed by the body when it is radiating and absorbing in thermodynamic equilibrium.
In slightly different terms, the emissive power of an arbitrary opaque body of fixed size and shape at a definite temperature can be described by a dimensionless ratio, sometimes called the emissivity: the ratio of the emissive power of the body to the emissive power of a black body of the same size and shape at the same fixed temperature. With this definition, Kirchhoff's law states, in simpler language:
In some cases, emissive power and absorptivity may be defined to depend on angle, as described below. The condition of thermodynamic equilibrium is necessary in the statement, because the equality of emissivity and absorptivity often does not hold when the material of the body is not in thermodynamic equilibrium.
Kirchhoff's law has another corollary: the emissivity cannot exceed one (because the absorptivity cannot, by conservation of energy), so it is not possible to thermally radiate more energy than a black body, at equilibrium. In negative luminescence the angle and wavelength integrated absorption exceeds the material's emission; however, such systems are powered by an external source and are therefore not in thermodynamic equilibrium.
Principle of detailed balance
[edit]Kirchhoff's law of thermal radiation has a refinement in that not only is thermal emissivity equal to absorptivity, it is equal in detail. Consider a leaf. It is a poor absorber of green light (around 470 nm), which is why it looks green. By the principle of detailed balance, it is also a poor emitter of green light.
In other words, if a material, illuminated by black-body radiation of temperature , is dark at a certain frequency , then its thermal radiation will also be dark at the same frequency and the same temperature .
More generally, all intensive properties are balanced in detail. So for example, the absorptivity at a certain incidence direction, for a certain frequency, of a certain polarization, is the same as the emissivity at the same direction, for the same frequency, of the same polarization. This is the principle of detailed balance.[7][8]
History
[edit]Before Kirchhoff's law was recognized, it had been experimentally established that a good absorber is a good emitter, and a poor absorber is a poor emitter. Naturally, a good reflector must be a poor absorber. This is why, for example, lightweight emergency thermal blankets are based on reflective metallic coatings: they lose little heat by radiation.
Kirchhoff's great insight was to recognize the universality and uniqueness of the function that describes the black body emissive power. But he did not know the precise form or character of that universal function. Attempts were made by Lord Rayleigh and Sir James Jeans 1900–1905 to describe it in classical terms, resulting in Rayleigh–Jeans law. This law turned out to be inconsistent yielding the ultraviolet catastrophe. The correct form of the law was found by Max Planck in 1900, assuming quantized emission of radiation, and is termed Planck's law.[9] This marks the advent of quantum mechanics.
Theory
[edit]In a blackbody enclosure that contains electromagnetic radiation with a certain amount of energy at thermodynamic equilibrium, this "photon gas" will have a Planck distribution of energies.[10]
One may suppose a second system, a cavity with walls that are opaque, rigid, and not perfectly reflective to any wavelength, to be brought into connection, through an optical filter, with the blackbody enclosure, both at the same temperature. Radiation can pass from one system to the other. For example, suppose in the second system, the density of photons at narrow frequency band around wavelength were higher than that of the first system. If the optical filter passed only that frequency band, then there would be a net transfer of photons, and their energy, from the second system to the first. This is in violation of the second law of thermodynamics, which requires that there can be no net transfer of heat between two bodies at the same temperature.
In the second system, therefore, at each frequency, the walls must absorb and emit energy in such a way as to maintain the black body distribution.[11] Hence absorptivity and emissivity must be equal. The absorptivity of the wall is the ratio of the energy absorbed by the wall to the energy incident on the wall, for a particular wavelength. Thus the absorbed energy is where is the intensity of black-body radiation at wavelength and temperature . Independent of the condition of thermal equilibrium, the emissivity of the wall is defined as the ratio of emitted energy to the amount that would be radiated if the wall were a perfect black body. The emitted energy is thus where is the emissivity at wavelength . For the maintenance of thermal equilibrium, these two quantities must be equal, or else the distribution of photon energies in the cavity will deviate from that of a black body. This yields Kirchhoff's law:
By a similar, but more complicated argument, it can be shown that, since black-body radiation is equal in every direction (isotropic), the emissivity and the absorptivity, if they happen to be dependent on direction, must again be equal for any given direction.[12]
Average and overall absorptivity and emissivity data are often given for materials with values which differ from each other. For example, white paint is quoted as having an absorptivity of 0.16, while having an emissivity of 0.93.[13] This is because the absorptivity is averaged with weighting for the solar spectrum, while the emissivity is weighted for the emission of the paint itself at normal ambient temperatures. The absorptivity quoted in such cases is being calculated by:
while the average emissivity is given by:
where is the emission spectrum of the sun, and is the emission spectrum of the paint. Although, by Kirchhoff's law, in the above equations, the above averages and are not generally equal to each other. The white paint will serve as a very good insulator against solar radiation, because it is very reflective of the solar radiation, and although it therefore emits poorly in the solar band, its temperature will be around room temperature, and it will emit whatever radiation it has absorbed in the infrared, where its emission coefficient is high.
Planck's derivation
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Historically, Planck derived the black body radiation law and detailed balance according to a classical thermodynamic argument, with a single heuristic step, which was later interpreted as a quantization hypothesis.[14][15]
In Planck's set up, he started with a large Hohlraum at a fixed temperature . At thermal equilibrium, the Hohlraum is filled with a distribution of EM waves at thermal equilibrium with the walls of the Hohlraum. Next, he considered connecting the Hohlraum to a single small resonator, such as Hertzian resonators. The resonator reaches a certain form of thermal equilibrium with the Hohlraum, when the spectral input into the resonator equals the spectral output at the resonance frequency.
Next, suppose there are two Hohlraums at the same fixed temperature , then Planck argued that the thermal equilibrium of the small resonator is the same when connected to either Hohlraum. For, we can disconnect the resonator from one Hohlraum and connect it to another. If the thermal equilibrium were different, then we have just transported energy from one to another, violating the second law. Therefore, the spectrum of all black bodies are identical at the same temperature.
Using a heuristic of quantization, which he gleaned from Boltzmann, Planck argued that a resonator tuned to frequency , with average energy , would contain entropyfor some constant (later termed the Planck constant). Then applying , Planck obtained the black body radiation law.
Another argument that does not depend on the precise form of the entropy function, can be given as follows. Next, suppose we have a material that violates Kirchhoff's law when integrated, such that the total coefficient of absorption is not equal to the coefficient of emission at a certain , then if the material at temperature is placed into a Hohlraum at temperature , it would spontaneously emit more than it absorbs, or conversely, thus spontaneously creating a temperature difference, violating the second law.
Finally, suppose we have a material that violates Kirchhoff's law in detail, such that such that the total coefficient of absorption is not equal to the coefficient of emission at a certain and at a certain frequency , then since it does not violate Kirchhoff's law when integrated, there must exist two frequencies , such that the material absorbs more than it emits at , and conversely at . Now, place this material in one Hohlraum. It would spontaneously create a shift in the spectrum, making it higher at than at . However, this then allows us to tap from one Hohlraum with a resonator tuned at , then detach and attach to another Hohlraum at the same temperature, thus transporting energy from one to another, violating the second law.
We may apply the same argument for polarization and direction of radiation, obtaining the full principle of detailed balance.[7]
Black bodies
[edit]Near-black materials
[edit]It has long been known that a lamp-black coating will make a body nearly black. Some other materials are nearly black in particular wavelength bands. Such materials do not survive all the very high temperatures that are of interest.
An improvement on lamp-black is found in manufactured carbon nanotubes. Nano-porous materials can achieve refractive indices nearly that of vacuum, in one case obtaining average reflectance of 0.045%.[16][17]
Opaque bodies
[edit]Bodies that are opaque to thermal radiation that falls on them are valuable in the study of heat radiation. Planck analyzed such bodies with the approximation that they be considered topologically to have an interior and to share an interface. They share the interface with their contiguous medium, which may be rarefied material such as air, or transparent material, through which observations can be made. The interface is not a material body and can neither emit nor absorb. It is a mathematical surface belonging jointly to the two media that touch it. It is the site of refraction of radiation that penetrates it and of reflection of radiation that does not. As such it obeys the Helmholtz reciprocity principle. The opaque body is considered to have a material interior that absorbs all and scatters or transmits none of the radiation that reaches it through refraction at the interface. In this sense the material of the opaque body is black to radiation that reaches it, while the whole phenomenon, including the interior and the interface, does not show perfect blackness. In Planck's model, perfectly black bodies, which he noted do not exist in nature, besides their opaque interior, have interfaces that are perfectly transmitting and non-reflective.[2]
Cavity radiation
[edit]The walls of a cavity can be made of opaque materials that absorb significant amounts of radiation at all wavelengths. It is not necessary that every part of the interior walls be a good absorber at every wavelength. The effective range of absorbing wavelengths can be extended by the use of patches of several differently absorbing materials in parts of the interior walls of the cavity. In thermodynamic equilibrium the cavity radiation will precisely obey Planck's law. In this sense, thermodynamic equilibrium cavity radiation may be regarded as thermodynamic equilibrium black-body radiation to which Kirchhoff's law applies exactly, though no perfectly black body in Kirchhoff's sense is present.
A theoretical model considered by Planck consists of a cavity with perfectly reflecting walls, initially with no material contents, into which is then put a small piece of carbon. Without the small piece of carbon, there is no way for non-equilibrium radiation initially in the cavity to drift towards thermodynamic equilibrium. When the small piece of carbon is put in, it transduces amongst[clarify] radiation frequencies so that the cavity radiation comes to thermodynamic equilibrium.[2]
A hole in the wall of a cavity
[edit]For experimental purposes, a hole in a cavity can be devised to provide a good approximation to a black surface, but will not be perfectly Lambertian, and must be viewed from nearly right angles to get the best properties. The construction of such devices was an important step in the empirical measurements that led to the precise mathematical identification of Kirchhoff's universal function, now known as Planck's law.
Kirchhoff's perfect black bodies
[edit]Planck also noted that the perfect black bodies of Kirchhoff do not occur in physical reality. They are theoretical fictions. Kirchhoff's perfect black bodies absorb all the radiation that falls on them, right in an infinitely thin surface layer, with no reflection and no scattering. They emit radiation in perfect accord with Lambert's cosine law.[1][2]
Original statements
[edit]Gustav Kirchhoff stated his law in several papers in 1859 and 1860, and then in 1862 in an appendix to his collected reprints of those and some related papers.[18]
Prior to Kirchhoff's studies, it was known that for total heat radiation, the ratio of emissive power to absorptive ratio was the same for all bodies emitting and absorbing thermal radiation in thermodynamic equilibrium. This means that a good absorber is a good emitter. Naturally, a good reflector is a poor absorber. For wavelength specificity, prior to Kirchhoff, the ratio was shown experimentally by Balfour Stewart to be the same for all bodies, but the universal value of the ratio had not been explicitly considered in its own right as a function of wavelength and temperature.
Kirchhoff's original contribution to the physics of thermal radiation was his postulate of a perfect black body radiating and absorbing thermal radiation in an enclosure opaque to thermal radiation and with walls that absorb at all wavelengths. Kirchhoff's perfect black body absorbs all the radiation that falls upon it.
Every such black body emits from its surface with a spectral radiance that Kirchhoff labeled I (for specific intensity, the traditional name for spectral radiance).
The precise mathematical expression for that universal function I was very much unknown to Kirchhoff, and it was just postulated to exist, until its precise mathematical expression was found in 1900 by Max Planck. It is nowadays referred to as Planck's law.
Then, at each wavelength, for thermodynamic equilibrium in an enclosure, opaque to heat rays, with walls that absorb some radiation at every wavelength:
See also
[edit]- Kirchhoff's laws (disambiguation)
- Sakuma–Hattori equation
- Wien's displacement law
- Stefan–Boltzmann law, which states that the power of emission is proportional to the fourth power of the black body's temperature
References
[edit]Citations
[edit]- ^ a b Kirchhoff 1860
- ^ a b c d Planck 1914
- ^ Milne 1930, p. 80
- ^ Chandrasekhar 1960, p. 8
- ^ Mihalas & Weibel-Mihalas 1984, p. 328
- ^ Goody & Yung 1989, pp. 27–28
- ^ a b Reif, Frederick (2009). Fundamentals of statistical and thermal physics (reiss ed.). Long Grove, Ill: Waveland Press. pp. 383–385. ISBN 978-1-57766-612-7.
- ^ Oxenius, Joachim (1986), Oxenius, Joachim (ed.), "Thermal Equilibrium and Detailed Balance", Kinetic Theory of Particles and Photons: Theoretical Foundations of Non-LTE Plasma Spectroscopy, Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer, pp. 1–34, doi:10.1007/978-3-642-70728-5_1, ISBN 978-3-642-70728-5, retrieved June 25, 2024
- ^ Kangro 1976
- ^ Rybicki & Lightman 1979, pp. 15–20
- ^ Rybicki & Lightman 1979, p. [page needed]
- ^ Rybicki & Lightman 1979, p. [page needed]
- ^ "The Solar-AC FAQ: Table of absorptivity and emissivity of common materials and coatings".
- ^ Duncan, Anthony; Janssen, Michel (August 29, 2019), "Planck, the Second Law of Thermodynamics, and Black‐body Radiation", Constructing Quantum Mechanics (1 ed.), Oxford University PressOxford, pp. 45–83, doi:10.1093/oso/9780198845478.003.0002, ISBN 978-0-19-884547-8, retrieved June 25, 2024
- ^ Pippard, Alfred B. (1981). Elements of classical thermodynamics: for advanced students of physics (Repr ed.). Cambridge: Univ. Pr. pp. 77–78. ISBN 978-0-521-09101-5.
- ^ Chun 2008
- ^ Yang et al. 2008
- ^ Kirchhoff 1862
Bibliography
[edit]- Chandrasekhar, S. (1960) [1950]. Radiative Transfer (Revised reprint ed.). Dover Publications. ISBN 978-0-486-60590-6.
- Chun, A.i L. (2008). "Carbon nanotubes: Blacker than black". Nature Nanotechnology. doi:10.1038/nnano.2008.29.
- Goody, R. M.; Yung, Y. L. (1989). Atmospheric Radiation: Theoretical Basis (2nd ed.). Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-510291-8.
- Kangro, H. (1976). Early History of Planck's Radiation Law. translated by R.E.W Madison, with the cooperation of Kangro, from the 1970 German. London: Taylor & Francis. ISBN 0-85066-063-7.
- Kirchhoff, G. (1860). "Ueber das Verhältniss zwischen dem Emissionsvermögen und dem Absorptionsvermögen der Körper für Wärme and Licht". Annalen der Physik und Chemie. 109 (2): 275–301. Bibcode:1860AnP...185..275K. doi:10.1002/andp.18601850205.
- Translated: Kirchhoff, G. (1860). "On the relation between the radiating and absorbing powers of different bodies for light and heat". Philosophical Magazine. Series 4. 20. Translated by Guthrie, G.: 1–21.
- Kirchhoff, Gustav (1862). Untersuchungen über das Sonnenspectrum und die Spectren der chemischen Elemente (in German). Berlin: Ferd. Dümmler's Verlagsbuchhandlung. Appendix, Über das Verhältniß zwischen dem Emissionsvermögen und dem Absorptionsvermögen der Körper für Wärme und Licht, pp. 22–39. ISBN 3-535-00820-4.
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[edit]- Evgeny Lifshitz and L. P. Pitaevskii, Statistical Physics: Part 2, 3rd edition (Elsevier, 1980).
- F. Reif, Fundamentals of Statistical and Thermal Physics (McGraw-Hill: Boston, 1965).
- Lemons, Don S.; Shanahan, William R.; Buchholtz, Louis (2022). On the trail of blackbody radiation: Max Planck and the physics of his era. Cambridge, Massachusetts: The MIT Press. ISBN 978-0-262-04704-3.
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