Just after detonation, the fireball in a nuclear blast is approximately an ideal blackbody radiator with a surface temperature of about 0.82 x 107 K. (a) Find the wavelength at which the thermal radiation is maximum and (b) identify the type of electromagnetic wave corresponding to that wavelength. This radiation is almost immediately absorbed by the surrounding air molecules, which produces another ideal blackbody radiator with a surface temperature of about 1.1 x 105 K. (c) Find the wavelength at which the thermal radiation is maximum and (d) identify the type of electromagnetic wave corresponding to that wavelength. (a) Number Units (b) X-ray (c) Number Units m

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Chapter 38, Problem 043
Just after detonation, the fireball in a nuclear blast is approximately an ideal blackbody radiator with a surface
temperature of about 0.82 × 107 K. (a) Find the wavelength at which the thermal radiation is maximum and (b) identify
the type of electromagnetic wave corresponding to that wavelength. This radiation is almost immediately absorbed by
the surrounding air molecules, which produces another ideal blackbody radiator with a surface temperature of about 1.1
x 105 K. (c) Find the wavelength at which the thermal radiation is maximum and (d) identify the type of
electromagnetic wave corresponding to that wavelength.
(a) Number
Units
(b) X-ray
(c) Number
Units m
(d) ultraviolev
Transcribed Image Text:Chapter 38, Problem 043 Just after detonation, the fireball in a nuclear blast is approximately an ideal blackbody radiator with a surface temperature of about 0.82 × 107 K. (a) Find the wavelength at which the thermal radiation is maximum and (b) identify the type of electromagnetic wave corresponding to that wavelength. This radiation is almost immediately absorbed by the surrounding air molecules, which produces another ideal blackbody radiator with a surface temperature of about 1.1 x 105 K. (c) Find the wavelength at which the thermal radiation is maximum and (d) identify the type of electromagnetic wave corresponding to that wavelength. (a) Number Units (b) X-ray (c) Number Units m (d) ultraviolev
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