Introduction. Emissivity ( $\epsilon$ ) is the ratio of radiation emitted by a surface to that emitted by a blackbody at the same temperature. As a blackbody emits the maximum amount of radiation possible over all wavelengths, emissivity lies in the range $0 \lt \epsilon \le 1 $ . More @Wikipedia
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