Wien displacement law

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Wien's displacement law is a physical law that relates the temperature of a blackbody to the wavelength at which it emits radiation most intensely.

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Wien's radiation law 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf empirical law ⓘ
law of black-body radiation ⓘ
physical law ⓘ
appliesTo blackbody ⓘ
approximationOf Planck radiation law ⓘ
assumes continuous spectrum ⓘ
isotropic emission ⓘ
category laws of physics ⓘ
radiation laws ⓘ
constantApproximateValue 2.897771955×10^-3 m·K ⓘ
constantSymbol b ⓘ
describes relationship between blackbody temperature and peak emission wavelength ⓘ
domain thermal equilibrium ⓘ
field astrophysics ⓘ
statistical mechanics ⓘ
thermal radiation ⓘ
thermodynamics ⓘ
hasConsequence color of a blackbody shifts from red to blue as temperature increases ⓘ
peak of solar spectrum lies in visible range due to Sun’s surface temperature ⓘ
hasConstant Wien displacement constant ⓘ
hasEquation λ_max = b / T ⓘ
ν_max ≈ (k_B T)/h (for frequency form, approximate) ⓘ
hasSIUnitForConstant meter kelvin ⓘ
implies cooler bodies emit peak radiation at longer wavelengths ⓘ
hotter bodies emit peak radiation at shorter wavelengths ⓘ
isPartOf black-body radiation theory ⓘ
namedAfter Wilhelm Wien ⓘ
namedEntityType scientific law ⓘ
predicts wavelength of peak emission for a blackbody at given temperature ⓘ
relatedTo Planck radiation law ⓘ
Rayleigh–Jeans law ⓘ
Stefan–Boltzmann law ⓘ
relatesQuantity temperature ⓘ
wavelength of maximum spectral radiance ⓘ
supportsConcept color–temperature relation of stars ⓘ
symbolicForm λ_max T = b ⓘ
usedFor design of thermal radiation sources ⓘ
estimating surface temperature of stars from color ⓘ
estimating temperature of incandescent objects from emission spectrum ⓘ
infrared thermometry ⓘ
thermal imaging calibration ⓘ
validFor ideal blackbody ⓘ
yearProposed 1893 ⓘ

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Planck radiation law → relatedTo → Wien displacement law ⓘ
Stefan–Boltzmann law → relatedTo → Wien’s displacement law ⓘ
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Kirchhoff's law of thermal radiation → usedInDerivationOf → Wien's displacement law ⓘ
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Wilhelm Wien → knownFor → Wien's displacement law ⓘ
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Wilhelm Wien → knownFor → Wien's radiation law ⓘ
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Wien displacement constant → appearsIn → Wien's displacement law ⓘ
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Wien displacement constant → relatedLaw → Wien's displacement law ⓘ
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Wilhelm Wien → knownFor → Wien's displacement law ⓘ
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