Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

Physics

Chapter

Thermodynamics

Question:

A piece of iron is heated in a flame. It first become dull red then becomes reddish yellow and finally turns to white hot. The correct explanation for the above observation is possible by using :

Options:

Newton’s law of cooling 

Stefan’s law 

Wien’s law

Kirchhoff’s law

Correct Answer:

Wien’s law

Explanation:

By using Wien’s displacement law λmT = . we can say that temperature and wavelength are related. Hence the above observation can be correctly answered by it.