Wein's law |
Black-body radiation has a particular continuous spectrum. The Graph shows intensity versus wavelength. The curve can be scaled for intensity to fit any size of source and scaled for wavelength to fit a source of any temperature. ![]() The peak for sunlight is in the visible region (it has to be!). There is a 'cut off' in the UV and a long upper tail in the infrared. The peak wavelength is given by a simple formula known as Wein's law. ![]() |
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