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The thermal emission of the human body has maximum intensity at a wavelength of approximately 9.5um.Part...

The thermal emission of the human body has maximum intensity at a wavelength of approximately 9.5um.

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What photon energy corresponds to this wavelength?

E = _______ 
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E = hv = hc/w

w = 9.5 um = 9.5e-6 m

E = (6.626e-34)(3e8)/(9.5e-6) = 2.092 x 10^-20 J
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