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ASNT Level III- Visual & Optical Testing

My Level III Self Study Notes

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1.3.1 Planck Radiation Law<br />

Data describing blackbody radiation curves have been obtained using a<br />

specially constructed and uniformly heated tube as the source. Planck,<br />

introducing the concept of discrete quanta of energy, developed an equation<br />

depicting these curves. It gives the spectral radiance of a blackbody as a<br />

function of the wavelength and temperature. Figure 2 shows the spectral<br />

radiance of a blackbody as a function of wavelength for several values of<br />

absolute temperature, plotted on a logarithmic scale.<br />

Charlie Chong/ Fion Zhang

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