Blackbody Cavity

Simply a box with a hole in it, this shows that the "hole" is a perfectly absorbing blackbody (and so looks black in the visible, at room temperature), regardless of the contents or composition of the box.

As a demonstration, open up the box, and students will see that the inside walls are actually white.

This demo can be found in cabinet D on shelf 1 of the UCSD PUL Demo Room (WLH 2015).

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