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Example of
Wien’s law
•What is wavelength at which you glow?
–Room
T = 300 K so
–This
wavelength is about 20 times longer than what your eye can see. Camera in class operated at 7-14 μm.
•What is temperature of the sun –
which has
maximum intensity at roughly 0.5 mm?
From our text: Horizons, by Seeds