Wien’s Displacement Law
Wien’s Displacement Law: Overview
This topic covers concepts, such as, Wien's Displacement Law, Solar Constant, Spectral Energy Distribution Curve, Planck's Explanation on Distribution Curve, Rayleigh-Jeans Energy Distribution Law & Temperature Effects on Distribution Curve etc.
Important Questions on Wien’s Displacement Law
Following graphs show the variation in the intensity of heat radiations by the black body and frequency at a fixed temperature. Choose the correct option.

Solar radiation emitted by sun corresponds to that emitted by the black body at a temperature of . Maximum intensity is emitted at a wavelength of . If the sun was to cool down from to , then the peak intensity of emitted radiation would occur at a wavelength

The wavelength of maximum intensity for emitted radiation from a source is . The temperature of this source is times the temperature of some other source for which the wavelength at maximum intensity is known to be . Find the value of .

A black body is at temperature . The energy of radiation emitted by the body at wavelength is , at wavelength is and that of is . Then the correct answer is Weins constant

A black body at a temperature of emits radiations of maximum intensity at . Find the wavelength at which the intensity of emitted radiation will be maximum, if the temperature of the body is increased by .

Solar radiation has maximum intensity at a wavelength of in the visible region. Figure out the surface temperature of the sun using this information. (Use Wien's constant )

If denotes the wavelength at which a certain black body radiates maximum intensity for a temperature . Then the correct relation will be

The ratio of temperatures of two stars is . If the wavelength of maximum intensity of the first star is , what is the corresponding wavelength of the second star?

If the power radiated by three discs and having radii and are and respectively and are coated with carbon black on their outer surfaces. The wavelength corresponding to their maximum intensities are and respectively.Then,

The formulais used to obtain the characteristic temperature ranges for different parts of the electromagnetic spectrum. Find the value of temperature(in ) for .

A black body emits radiations of maximum intensity at when its temperature is . If, its temperature is increased by then the maximum intensity of emitted radiation will be at:

The wavelength of maximum intensity of radiation emitted by a star is . The radiation intensity of the star is
(Stefan's constant Wien's constant )

Experimental investigation shows that the intensity of solar radiation is maximum for a wavelength in the visible region. Estimate the surface temperature of sun. (Given Wien's constant )

Generally the temperature of a distant star is estimated using

The earth radiates in the infra-red region of the spectrum. The spectrum is correctly given by

The black body spectrum of an object is such that its radiant intensity (i.e., intensity per unit wavelength interval) is maximum at a wavelength of 100 nm. Another object has the maximum radiant intensity at 600 nm. The ratio of power emitted per unit area by source to that of source is


A black body is at a temperature of . The energy of radiation emitted by the body at wavelength is , at wavelength is and that at is . Wien's constant, . Which of the following is correct?

Following graphs show the variation in the intensity of heat radiations by the black body and frequency at a fixed temperature. Choose the correct option.

The spectral energy distribution of the Sun (temperature) has a maximum at . The temperature of a star for which this maximum is at is
