Solar radiation emitted by sun resembles that emitted by a black body at a temperature of $6000 K$ . Maximum intensity is emitted at a wavelength of about $4800Å$ . If the sun were to cool down from $6000 K$ to $3000 K$ then the peak intensity would occur at a wavelength ....... $\overset{o}{\mathop{A}}\,$
  • A$4800$
  • B$9600$
  • C$7200$
  • D$6400$
Easy
art

Download our app
and get started for free

Experience the future of education. Simply download our apps or reach out to us for more information. Let's shape the future of learning together!No signup needed.*

Similar Questions

  • 1
    Two rectangular blocks $A$ and $B$ of different metals have same length and same area of cross-section. They are kept in such a way that their cross-sectional area touch each other. The temperature at one end of $A$ is $100°C$ and that of $B$ at the other end is $0°C$ . If the ratio of their thermal conductivity is $1 : 3$ , then under steady state, the temperature of the junction in contact will be ........ $^oC$
    View Solution
  • 2
    One end of a thermally insulated rod is kept at a temperature $T_1$ and the other at $T_2$. The rod is composed of two sections of lengths $l_1$ and $l_2$ and thermal conductivities $K_1$ and $K_2$ respectively. The temperature at the interface of the two sections is
    View Solution
  • 3
    Temperature of water at the surface of lake is $ - {20^o}C$ Then temperature of water just below the lower surface of ice layer is ...... $^oC$
    View Solution
  • 4
    A body cools from ${50.0^o}C$ to ${49.9^o}C$ in $5\;s$. How long will it take to cool from ${40.0^o}C$ to ${39.9^o}C$? Assume the temperature of surroundings to be ${30.0^o}C$ and Newton's law of cooling to be valid ....... $\sec$
    View Solution
  • 5
    Three discs $A, B$ and $C$ having radii $2\; m, 4\;m,$ and $6 \;m$, respectively are coated with carbon black on their outer surfaces. The wavelengths corresponding to maximum intensity are $300\; nm, 400\; nm$ and $500\; nm$, respectively. The power radiated by them are $Q_A,Q_B$ and $Q_C$ respectively.
    View Solution
  • 6
    Which of the following is the $\nu_m = T$  graph for a perfectly black body ($\nu_m$ =maximum frequency of radiation)
    View Solution
  • 7
    Newton's law of cooling is a special case of
    View Solution
  • 8
    In the following figure, two insulating sheets with thermal resistances $R$ and $3R$ as shown in figure. The temperature $\theta$ is ...... $^oC$
    View Solution
  • 9
    Liquid cools from $50^oC$  to  $45^oC$  in  $5\  minutes$ and from $45^oC$ to $41.5^oC$ in the next $5\   minutes$.The temperature of the surrounding is ......... $^oC$
    View Solution
  • 10
    The radiant energy from the sun incident normally at the surface of earth is $20\, \frac{{k\;cal}}{{{m^2}\;min}}$. What would have been the radiant energy incident normally on the earth, if the sun had a temperature twice of the present one ....... $kcal/m ^2 \,min$
    View Solution