Estimate the peak wavelength for radiation from ice at 273 k.

Explanation:

This problem can be solved by the Wien's displacement law, which relates the wavelength  where the intensity of the radiation is maximum (also called peak wavelength) with the temperature of the black body.

In other words:

There is an inverse relationship between the wavelength at which the emission peak of a blackbody occurs and its temperature.

Being this expresed as:

   (1)

Where:

is in Kelvin (K)

is the wavelength of the emission peak in meters (m).

is the Wien constant, whose value is

From this we can deduce that the higher the black body temperature, the shorter the maximum wavelength of emission will be.

Now, let's apply equation (1), finding :

  (2)

Finally:

 This is the peak wavelength for radiation from ice at 273 K, and corresponds to the infrared.

answer: the exterior temperature of commercial jet planes as they leave the stratosphere and return to the ground increases steadily.

explanation:

the lower most layer of atmosphere is troposphere which extends from 0 to 12 km above the surface of the earth. the temperature initially decreases as distance is increased from the earth's surface. commercial jets fly in lower part of the stratosphere. the stratosphere extends upto 50 km. the temperature in stratosphere starts rising again due to presence of ozone which traps the uv rays.

thus, when the planes leave the stratosphere and return to the ground, the exterior temperature increases steadily.

see earlier