Intercooler 16 year service

[Huw Powell]

> Hmm, it probably would have been more accurate for me to say it is
> DUE to a phenomenon called black body radiation.  Whups.
>
> Anyway, I don't think you have it right either- wavelength is a side
> effect of the kinetic energy of the atoms in the material, and a
> shorter wavelength does indeed indicate a hotter object(radiation
> starts in IR range, moves down to red, then yellow, etc...), but I
> don't think a shorter wavelength itself causes more heat loss.
>
> Here's a site which offers one explanation, though it feels simplified:
>
> http://newton.dep.anl.gov/askasci/phy00/phy00507.htm

from that small site...

"I think that there is an ambiguous use of the term "blackbody" vs.
"black_body".  One word vs. two words. A blackbody is a body that emits
radiation according  to Plank's Law. The distribution of radiation
within a blackbody (think of it as a small hole in a large can) depends
only upon the temperature of the body and not on its composition or
"color"."

etc.

and radiation "starts" at much longer wavelengths than "infrared," of
course.

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Huw Powell

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