Thermal emission —converts into→ Light
The atlas records this claim as established: the thermal emission is delivered as light under the conditions below.
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Conditions
- incandescence at > 2000 K
Evidence · 2
- [1]P. T. Landsberg, G. Tonge. Thermodynamic energy conversion efficiencies (1980)
- [2]A. Bejan. Advanced Engineering Thermodynamics (4th ed.) (2016)
Related matrix context
This claim does not itself create a matrix cell. The context below belongs to Thermal emission, the phenomenon it is about.
D = disequilibrium row · C = coupling family column. A cell reads the state of the atlas for that pair.
Uses of this claim
- Incandescent lampcommercial · 2 steps
- Chemical potential difference → Combustion → Hot gas → Thermal emission → Light4/4 established · extends a recorded pathway
- Chemical potential difference → Combustion → Temperature gradient → Thermal emission → Light4/4 established · extends a recorded pathway
- Electric potential difference → Peltier effect → Temperature gradient → Thermal emission → Light4/4 established · extends a recorded pathway
- Electric potential difference → Ettingshausen effect → Temperature gradient → Thermal emission → Light4/4 established · extends a recorded pathway
- Incident radiation flux → Photothermal absorption → Temperature gradient → Thermal emission → Light4/4 established · same energy form
- Radiative imbalance with the sky → Radiative sky cooling → Temperature gradient → Thermal emission → Light4/4 established · same energy form
- Nuclear binding-energy difference → Nuclear fission → Temperature gradient → Thermal emission → Light4/4 established · extends a recorded pathway
- Nuclear binding-energy difference → Nuclear fission → Hot gas → Thermal emission → Light4/4 established · candidate
- Nuclear binding-energy difference → Nuclear fusion → Temperature gradient → Thermal emission → Light2/4 established · extends a recorded pathway
- Nuclear binding-energy difference → Radioactive decay → Beta particles → Radioisotope heating → Temperature gradient → Thermal emission → Light6/6 established · extends a recorded pathway
- Nuclear binding-energy difference → Radioactive decay → Alpha particles → Radioisotope heating → Temperature gradient → Thermal emission → Light6/6 established · extends a recorded pathway
Cite this claim
Physical Transformation Atlas (2026). claim claim:thermal-emission-converts-light: Thermal emission —converts into→ Light. Dataset revision rbfbfcbb70e57 (hash of the canonical data). https://physical-transformation-atlas.wldud5192.workers.dev/claim/thermal-emission-converts-light
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