A spherical tungsten filament of radius behaves like a blackbody

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Problem

A spherical tungsten filament of radius 0.50 mm0.50\,\text{mm} behaves like a blackbody. Its emission spectrum peaks at a wavelength of 1.0 μm1.0\,\mu\text{m}. Taking σ=5.67×10−8 W m−2K−4\sigma = 5.67\times10^{-8}\,\text{W\,m}^{-2}\text{K}^{-4} and b=2.90×10−3 m Kb = 2.90\times10^{-3}\,\text{m\,K}, calculate the total power it radiates. (a) 6.3 W6.3\,\text{W} (b) 3.2 W3.2\,\text{W} (c) 13 W13\,\text{W} (d) 50 W50\,\text{W}

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