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Trying2Learn
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Hi,
In the Stefan-Boltzmann equation for radiation heat transfer, there exists expected parameters of any model (area, constants, etc.). However, the temperature is raised to the fourth power.
Can someone explain why?
I get that it could just be because it has been "experimentally observed."
However, I still wonder if someone might be able to justify this law in words?
I am not interested in "why these constants: emissivity, or configuration factor, etc.)
I am only interested in:
Why the fourth power and not the fifth, or third, or second? Does the fourth power make some sort of "qualitative" or "descriptive" sense?
In the Stefan-Boltzmann equation for radiation heat transfer, there exists expected parameters of any model (area, constants, etc.). However, the temperature is raised to the fourth power.
Can someone explain why?
I get that it could just be because it has been "experimentally observed."
However, I still wonder if someone might be able to justify this law in words?
I am not interested in "why these constants: emissivity, or configuration factor, etc.)
I am only interested in:
Why the fourth power and not the fifth, or third, or second? Does the fourth power make some sort of "qualitative" or "descriptive" sense?