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This free HTML5 simulation from PhET allows students to explore how the blackbody spectrum of an object is affected by its temperature. Users can click-and-drag to examine different values in the spectrum, ranging from the blackbody spectrum of Earth to that of a very bright star. Zoom on the axes to scale the graph and see how the color of the star changes with the temperature. Intensity values can be generated for the shaded area under the curve.
Subjects Levels Resource Types
Astronomy
- Fundamentals
= Spectra
Electricity & Magnetism
- Electromagnetic Radiation
= Electromagnetic Spectrum
Quantum Physics
- Quantization
= Blackbody Radiation
Thermo & Stat Mech
- Thermal Properties of Matter
- High School
- Lower Undergraduate
- Upper Undergraduate
- Instructional Material
= Interactive Simulation
Appropriate Courses Categories Ratings
- Conceptual Physics
- Algebra-based Physics
- AP Physics
- Activity
- New teachers
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Metadata instance created January 8, 2024 by Caroline Hall
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April 12, 2024 by Caroline Hall
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PhET, (2013), WWW Document, (https://phet.colorado.edu/en/simulations/blackbody-spectrum/about).
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PhET, PhET Interactive Simulations: Blackbody Spectrum (2013), <https://phet.colorado.edu/en/simulations/blackbody-spectrum/about>.
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PhET. (2024, January 1). PhET Interactive Simulations: Blackbody Spectrum. Retrieved October 10, 2024, from https://phet.colorado.edu/en/simulations/blackbody-spectrum/about
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PhET. PhET Interactive Simulations: Blackbody Spectrum. January 1, 2024. https://phet.colorado.edu/en/simulations/blackbody-spectrum/about (accessed 10 October 2024).
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PhET. PhET Interactive Simulations: Blackbody Spectrum. 2013. 1 Jan. 2024. 10 Oct. 2024 <https://phet.colorado.edu/en/simulations/blackbody-spectrum/about>.
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