College Physics (7th Edition)

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Chapter 27 - Quantum Physics - Learning Path Questions and Exercises - Exercises - Page 935: 1

Answer

9666.67 $ \times 10^{-9}$ m or 9666.67 nm

Work Step by Step

Temperature of the walls of blackbody cavity = 27 $^{0}C$ absolute kelvin temperature = 273 + temperature in $^{0}C$ so temperature of blackbody cavity in kelvin = 273 + 27 $^{0}C$ = 300 $^{0}K$ from Wien's displacement law $\lambda_{max} T = 2.90\times 10^{-3} $ m.K so $\lambda_{max} = \frac{2.90\times 10^{-3} m.K} {T}$ putting the value of blackbody temperature $\lambda_{max} = \frac{2.90\times 10^{-3} m.K} {300 K}$ $\lambda_{max}= 9666.67\times 10^{-9}$ m $\lambda_{max} =9666.67 nm
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