Glossary
Emissivity
The ratio of Radiation emitted by a surface to radiation emitted by a black body at the same termperature under similar conditions.
There are three types of emissivity:
- Total emissivity: for all wavelengths
- Spectral emissivity: as a function of a wavelength
- Goniometric emissivity: as a function of an angle
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