Kirchhoff's law

A) only applies to blackbodies.
B) gives the wavelength of maximum energy emission.
C) states that the rate of energy emission from an object is proportional to the fourth power of its temperature.
D) applies to the Sun, but not the Earth.
E) holds that an object that absorbs certain wavelengths well will also be a good emitter of those wavelengths.


E

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