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  2. Wien's displacement law - Wikipedia

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    In physics, Wien's displacement law states that the black-body radiation curve for different temperatures will peak at different wavelengths that are inversely proportional to the temperature. The shift of that peak is a direct consequence of the Planck radiation law , which describes the spectral brightness or intensity of black-body radiation ...

  3. Black-body radiation - Wikipedia

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    A consequence of Wien's displacement law is that the wavelength at which the intensity per unit wavelength of the radiation produced by a black body has a local maximum or peak, , is a function only of the temperature: =, where the constant b, known as Wien's displacement constant, is equal to + 2.897 771 955 × 10 −3 m K. [31]

  4. Thermal remote sensing - Wikipedia

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    Stefan–Boltzmann law: Surface temperature of any objects radiate energy and shows specific properties. These properties are calculated by Boltzmann law. 2. Wien's displacement law: Wien's displacement law explains the relation between temperature and the wavelength of radiation. It states that the wavelength of radiation emitted from a ...

  5. Thermophotovoltaic energy conversion - Wikipedia

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    Thus, the light flux with wavelengths in a specific range can be found by integrating over the range. The peak wavelength is determined by the temperature, T emit based on Wien's displacement law: =, where b is Wien's displacement constant. For most materials, the maximum temperature an emitter can stably operate at is about 1800 °C.

  6. Wien approximation - Wikipedia

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    Comparison of Wien’s curve and the Planck curve. Wien's approximation (also sometimes called Wien's law or the Wien distribution law) is a law of physics used to describe the spectrum of thermal radiation (frequently called the blackbody function). This law was first derived by Wilhelm Wien in 1896.

  7. Thermal radiation - Wikipedia

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    Wien's displacement law, and the fact that the frequency is inversely proportional to the wavelength, indicates that the peak frequency f max is proportional to the absolute temperature T of the black body. The photosphere of the sun, at a temperature of approximately 6000 K, emits radiation principally in the (human-)visible portion of the ...

  8. Wikipedia:Reference desk/Archives/Science/2023 June 8 - Wikipedia

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    Since Wien's displacement law is a linear function "l=b/T" and a wavelength is linked to a frequency "l=C/f", by definition, how can we accept that the Wien's displacement law in frequency is different from "f=CT/b"?

  9. Non-ionizing radiation - Wikipedia

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    The emitted wave frequency of the thermal radiation is a probability distribution depending only on temperature, and for a black body is given by Planck's law of radiation. Wien's displacement law gives the most likely frequency of the emitted radiation, and the Stefan–Boltzmann law gives the heat intensity (power emitted per area).