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Wien's distribution law

Term · Meteorology and atmospheric science · MLC-T-MET-010237

A physical law that describes the spectral radiance of electromagnetic radiation emitted by a black body as a function of wavelength and temperature. It is an approximation of Planck's law for shorter wavelengths or higher frequencies. This law was an early attempt to describe black-body radiation before the development of quantum mechanics.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-MET-010237
FieldMeteorology and atmospheric science
See alsoWien's law
Record as JSON
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