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What is Emissivity
All objects and materials do not radiate infrared thermal energy equally. Emissivity is a term describing the efficiency
with which a material radiates infrared energy. A blackbody has an emissivity of 1.00 and no other material can radiate
more thermal energy at a given temperature. An object with an emissivity of 0 emits no infrared energy. Realworld
objects have emissivity values between 0 and 1.00. The lower emissivity of most realworld materials reduces the
intensity of radiation from the theoretical predictions of Plancks Law.
The temperature of an object and its emissivity define how much infrared energy an object will emit. The figure below
shows that quartz emits less energy than a blackbody at the same temperature and therefore has an emissivity below
1.00.

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