Physics A-Level
Transparent medium
What Transparent medium means in Physics A-Level, as defined for AQA.
Definition of Transparent medium
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The intervening space is empty, with no absorption or scattering, so that all emitted radiation reaches the observer.
Topics that use Transparent medium
Related terms
- Black body
- Intensity–wavelength curve
- Inverse-square law
- Peak wavelength
- Stefan constant
- Stefan's law
- Wien's displacement law
- Black-body radiator
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