Wien’s Displacement Law

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Wien’s Displacement Law: Overview

This topic covers concepts such as Spectral Energy Distribution Curve, Temperature Effects on Distribution Curve, Wien's Displacement Law, Rayleigh-Jeans Energy Distribution Law, Planck's Explanation on Distribution Curve, and Solar Constant.

Important Questions on Wien’s Displacement Law

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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.

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Solar radiation emitted by sun corresponds to that emitted by the black body at a temperature of 6000 K. Maximum intensity is emitted at a wavelength of 4800 A. If the sun was to cool down from 6000 K to 3000 K, then the peak intensity of emitted radiation would occur at a wavelength

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Black holes in orbit around a normal star are detected from the earth due to the frictional heating of infalling gas into the black hole, which can reach temperatures greater than 106 K. Assuming that the infalling gas can be modelled as a blackbody radiator then the wavelength of maximum power lies

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Assertion : Wien's displacement law fails for short wavelengths.

Reason : Intensity of radiations of very short wavelength is large.

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

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Three graphs marked as 123 representing the variation of maximum emissive power and wavelength of radiation of the sun, a welding arc and a tungsten filament. Which of the following combination is correct

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A solid body is heated upto very high temperatures. As we go on heating, its brightness increases and it appears white at the end. The sequene of the colour observed as the temperature of the body increases will be-

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The spectral emissive power of a black body at a temperature of 6000 K is maximum at λm=5000 A. If the temperature is increased by 10%, then the decrease in λm will be,

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If maximum spectral emissivity at temperature T1 K is at wavelength λ1, then the wavelength of maximum emissivity at temperature T2 K will be-

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If the temperature of a lamp is about 600 K, then the wavelength at which maximum emission takes place will be- (Wien's constant b=3×10-3 m K)

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After heating two pieces of iron, they are taken in dark room. One of them appears red and another appears blue, then-

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Temperature of black body is 3000 K. When black body cools, then change in wavelength Δλ=9 micron corresponding to maximum energy density. Now temperature of black body is, 

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The Wien's displacement law express relation between-

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The plots of intensity vs. wavelength for three black bodies at temperatures T1, T2 and T3 respectively are as shown. Their temperatures are such that-

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At T=200 K a black body emits maximum energy at a wavelength of 14 μm. Then at T=1000 K the body will emit maximum energy at a wavelength of-

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The wavelength of maximum intensity for emitted radiation from a source is 11×105 cm.  The temperature of this source is n times the temperature of some other source for which the wavelength at maximum intensity is known to be 5.5×105 cm. Find the value of n.

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If at temperature T1=1000 K, the wavelength is 1.4×10-6 m, then at what temperature the wavelength will be 2.8×10-6 m

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Let there be four articles having colours blue, red, black and white. When they are heated together and allowed to cool, which article cool at the earliest.

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Assertion Blue star is at high temperature than red star.
Reason Wien's displacement law states that T1λm.

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When the temperature of a black body increases by 0.1%, the wavelength corresponding to maximum emission changes by 0.13 μm. The initial wavelength corresponding to maximum emission is,