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What is a blackbody?

What is a blackbody? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. (physics) a theoretical body, approximated by a hole in a hollow black sphere, that absorbs all incident electromagnetic radiation and reflects none; it has a characteristic emission spectrum
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In 1893 Wien stated his displacement law of blackbody radiation spectra at different temperatures.
Moreover, we used the real IR emitter spectral emission obtained from out supplier to approximate the emission of the IR emitter instead of using the blackbody theory.
In these studies, a blackbody source was used at liquid nitrogen temperatures to test FIRAS performance, but not with its real bolometers in place.
It follows, then, that any radiation emitted by the cavity radiator corresponds to the definition of blackbody radiation.
The term perfect blackbody applies to bodies that act as perfect radiators or absorbers of heat.
Soot, carbon black, platinum black, and carborundum are among the materials that come closest to a blackbody in the real world.

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