An incandescent light-bulb contains a tungsten filament that reaches a temperature of about 3020 K, roughly half

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An incandescent light-bulb contains a tungsten filament that reaches a temperature of about 3020 K, roughly half the surface temperature of the Sun.
(a) Treating the filament as a blackbody, determine the frequency for which its radiation is a maximum.
(b) Do you expect the light-bulb to radiate more energy in the visible or in the infrared part of the spectrum? Explain.
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Physics

ISBN: 978-0321976444

5th edition

Authors: James S. Walker

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