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How does an incandescent light bulb produce light?
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David
Howstuffworks has a pretty thorough yet comprehensible explanation. I'd check that out.
13 years ago
daniela
thanks!
13 years ago
drwls
Any material that is not perfectly transparent will emit radiation. The radiation is emitted in a continuum and increases with temperature. It is due to the random thermal motion of electrons and nuclei within the material.

There is a much better explanation than mine at
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thermal_radiation
13 years ago

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