IB Physics SL B 1 17 Wiens Displacement Law Questions

Practise IB Physics SL B.1.17 by applying Wien's displacement law to connect spectral peak wavelength with the temperature and colour of stars.

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Apply Wien's law to convert peak wavelength into black-body temperature or identify the radiation band.
Read spectra and HR-diagram scales to infer stellar temperature from peak position and logarithmic axes.

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Star A is a main sequence star.

The data for Star A and the Sun are given in a table.

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Show that the peak wavelength emitted from Star A is about 560 nm .

$\lambda_{\text {max }}=\frac{2.9 \times 10^{-3}}{5200}=5.58 \times 10^{-7} \mathrm{~m}$ OR $558 \mathrm{~nm}$

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