Chapter 26, Problem 19QAP

To determine

Which option is correct, an ideal blackbody is an object that
A. absorbs most of the energy that strikes it and emits a little of the energy it absorbs.
B. absorbs a little of the energy that strikes it and emits most of the energy it absorbs.
C. absorbs half of the energy that strikes it and emits half of the energy it absorbs.
D. absorbs all the energy that strikes it and emits all the energy it absorbs.
E. neither absorbs nor emits energy except at ultraviolet ("black light") wavelengths.