What part of electromagnetism did Wien focus on in his studies?
Magnet poles
Electric fields
Heat as part of the electromagnetic spectrum
Electric current
Answer
Wien was a physicist who focused on heat as part of the electromagnetic spectrum. He studied the distribution of blackbody radiation, which is the emission of electromagnetic radiation from a blackbody, an object that absorbs all incident electromagnetic radiation. Wien's law states that the wavelength of the peak of the blackbody radiation curve is inversely proportional to the temperature of the blackbody.
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