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Wien's Law cont.

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What about radiation from humans?

Note that the radiation we are all using to see one another is reflected from the lights in the room (don't believe me? turn off the lights and see what you see).

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This is bad news for soldiers and out-of-bounds campers in Yosemite.

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What temperature needs to be reached for the Planck radiation of a solid to peak in the x-ray region ( tex2html_wrap_inline440 cm)?

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Note, solids don't ordinarily get this hot!



Michael Bolte
Tue Jan 6 10:12:57 PST 1998