Types of light emissions Flashcards

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Q

Incandescence

  1. Defintion
  2. How it works
  3. Examples
A
  1. Light emitted by a very hot object
  2. atoms in a heated material gain energy, causing them to emit visible light as they return to lower energy states.
  3. Light bulb toaster
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