Physics GCSE
cooling curves
What cooling curves means in Physics GCSE, as defined for AQA.
Definition of cooling curves
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A graph on which a steeper section is linked to a greater rate of emission and which is steepest at the start and flattens off towards room temperature.
Topics that use cooling curves
Related terms
- black body
- matt and shiny surfaces
- no reflection
- rate of emission
- complete absorption
- good absorber is a good emitter
- infrared absorption
- infrared emission
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