How does heating yield white when the object is limited to certain photons

Subject: How does heating yield white when the object is limited to certain photons

Date: Mon Jan 12 14:32:49 2004
Posted by Grant
Grade level: grad (science) School: No school entered.
City: Wichita State/Province: Kansas Country: USA
Area of science: Physics
ID: 1073939569.Ph

Message:


If the electrons in an element are only capable of giving up discrete photons, 
how does the spectrum get "filled" when the element is heated sufficiently?

Re: How does heating yield white when the object is limited to certain photons

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