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A furnace is at a temperature of `2000K`. At what wavelength does it emit most intensively?

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By Wein's displacement law, we use
`lambda_(m)T =b`
`rArr lambda=(b)/(T) =(2.89 xx 10^(-3)/(2000) = 1.445 xx 10^(-6)m`
=14450 A
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