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Wednesday, March 23, 2016

Wien's Displacement Law

Wien’s displacement law says that the wavelength of the maximum emitted radiation is inversely proportional to the absolute temperature (°K). In other words, hotter objects radiate more energy at shorter wavelengths than do cooler bodies at all wavelengths. This allows us to determine the temperature of other stars depending on its color. Something that glows blue hot is much warmer than one that glow red hot!






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