If the temperature of back body is doubled, the frequency at which the spectral intensity becomes maximum,…

If the temperature of back body is doubled, the frequency at which the spectral intensity becomes maximum, will be
  1. unchanged
  2. four times
  3. doubled
  4. halved

Solution

According to the Wein's displacement law: $\lambda_m \propto \frac{1}{T}$ And the relation between wavelength and frequency is: $\begin{aligned} & \lambda \propto \frac{1}{f} \\ & \Rightarrow f \propto T\end{aligned}$ Thus, if $T$ is doubled, the frequency at which the spectral intensity becomes maximum $f$ is also doubled.

Asked in: MHT CET 2022 (06 Aug Shift 2)

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