Identifying Sensors and Sources Across the Spectrum

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sensors
blackboard radiation
wavenumber
refractive index
wavelength
frequency
blackbody temperature
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2006-01-05
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This interactive tutorial covers the following: The relationship between frequency, energy, wavelength, wavenumber, and blackboard temperature., The range of parameters of radio, infra-red, visible, and gamma ray parts of the spectrum.Students may change the input to a variable, and see the corresponding changes to related variables. The definition of a variable is reveal by clicking on its name. There is a discussion question at the end of the tutorial to challenge the students' understanding of the topic.
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This publication is a work of the U.S. Government as defined in Title 17, United States Code, Section 101. Copyright protection is not available for this work in the United States.
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