A molten metal droplet cools from to while behaving as an ideal blackbody
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Problem
A molten metal droplet cools from 1200K to 800K while behaving as an ideal blackbody. By what approximate percentage does its peak emission wavelength change during this cooling process?
(a) decreases by 33%
(b) increases by 40%
(c) increases by 50%
(d) increases by 33%