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Question
What is Wien’s law?
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Solution
Wien’s law states that the wavelength of maximum intensity of emission of black body radiation is inversely proportional to the absolute temperature of the black body.
`λ_"m" ∝ "l"/"T"` or `λ_"m" = "b"/"t"`
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