What does Wien's displacement law calculate?
Displacement of physical objects
Gravity force
Emission of a blackbody at any temperature
Atomic structure
Answer
Wien's displacement law states that the peak wavelength of the emission of a blackbody at a given temperature is inversely proportional to the temperature. In other words, the higher the temperature, the shorter the wavelength of the peak emission. This law is used to determine the temperature of stars and other objects by measuring their emitted radiation.
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