Preferred Label : radiation continuum;
Detailed label : radiation continuum in spectrochemistry;
IUPAC definition : Continuous (in the wavelength, not time sense) radiation arising for example from
non-quantized free-free transitions of electrons in the fields of the ions, free-bound
transitions or radiative recombinations of electrons and ions, incandescent radiation
emitted by hot solids (when the radiation distribution conforms to that described
by Planck's law, it is considered black-body radiation) and unresolvable band spectra,
i.e. where the spectral lines are wider than the spacings between them.;
Origin ID : R05052;
See also
Continuous (in the wavelength, not time sense) radiation arising for example from
non-quantized free-free transitions of electrons in the fields of the ions, free-bound
transitions or radiative recombinations of electrons and ions, incandescent radiation
emitted by hot solids (when the radiation distribution conforms to that described
by Planck's law, it is considered black-body radiation) and unresolvable band spectra,
i.e. where the spectral lines are wider than the spacings between them.
