Claim · claim:thermal-emission-drives
Temperature gradient —drives→ Thermal emission
The atlas records this claim as established: a temperature gradient drives the thermal emission under the conditions below.
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2cited sources25enumerated routes using it2routes with composition evidence2recorded pathways
Conditions
- an emitter hotter than the surface it faces
Evidence · 2
- [1]A. Bejan. Advanced Engineering Thermodynamics (4th ed.) (2016)
- [2]P. T. Landsberg, G. Tonge. Thermodynamic energy conversion efficiencies (1980)
Matrix cells this relation feeds
D = disequilibrium row · C = coupling family column. A cell reads the state of the atlas for that pair.
Uses of this claim
recorded pathways · 2
- Incandescent lampcommercial · 2 steps
- Thermophotovoltaic conversiondemonstrated · 5 steps
other enumerated routes · 23
- 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 fusion → Temperature gradient → Thermal emission → Light2/4 established · extends a recorded pathway
- Temperature gradient → Thermal emission → Photons → Photothermal absorption → Heat flow → Useful heat5/5 established · same energy form
- 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
- Chemical potential difference → Combustion → Temperature gradient → Thermal emission → Photons → Photovoltaic effect → Electron–hole pairs → Electrical work7/7 established · extends a recorded pathway
- Chemical potential difference → Combustion → Temperature gradient → Thermal emission → Photons → Photothermal absorption → Heat flow → Useful heat7/7 established · extends a recorded pathway
- Electric potential difference → Peltier effect → Temperature gradient → Thermal emission → Photons → Photovoltaic effect → Electron–hole pairs → Electrical work7/7 established · same energy form
- Electric potential difference → Peltier effect → Temperature gradient → Thermal emission → Photons → Photothermal absorption → Heat flow → Useful heat7/7 established · candidate
- Electric potential difference → Ettingshausen effect → Temperature gradient → Thermal emission → Photons → Photovoltaic effect → Electron–hole pairs → Electrical work7/7 established · same energy form
- Electric potential difference → Ettingshausen effect → Temperature gradient → Thermal emission → Photons → Photothermal absorption → Heat flow → Useful heat7/7 established · candidate
- Incident radiation flux → Photothermal absorption → Temperature gradient → Thermal emission → Photons → Photovoltaic effect → Electron–hole pairs → Electrical work7/7 established · extends a recorded pathway
- Radiative imbalance with the sky → Radiative sky cooling → Temperature gradient → Thermal emission → Photons → Photovoltaic effect → Electron–hole pairs → Electrical work7/7 established · extends a recorded pathway
- Radiative imbalance with the sky → Radiative sky cooling → Temperature gradient → Thermal emission → Photons → Photothermal absorption → Heat flow → Useful heat7/7 established · candidate
- Nuclear binding-energy difference → Nuclear fission → Temperature gradient → Thermal emission → Photons → Photovoltaic effect → Electron–hole pairs → Electrical work7/7 established · extends a recorded pathway
- Nuclear binding-energy difference → Nuclear fission → Temperature gradient → Thermal emission → Photons → Photothermal absorption → Heat flow → Useful heat7/7 established · candidate
- Nuclear binding-energy difference → Nuclear fusion → Temperature gradient → Thermal emission → Photons → Photovoltaic effect → Electron–hole pairs → Electrical work5/7 established · extends a recorded pathway
- Nuclear binding-energy difference → Nuclear fusion → Temperature gradient → Thermal emission → Photons → Photothermal absorption → Heat flow → Useful heat5/7 established · candidate
Cite this claim
Physical Transformation Atlas (2026). claim claim:thermal-emission-drives: Temperature gradient —drives→ Thermal emission. Dataset revision rbfbfcbb70e57 (hash of the canonical data). https://physical-transformation-atlas.wldud5192.workers.dev/claim/thermal-emission-drives
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