The power radiated by a black body is and it radiates maximum energy at wavelength . Temperature of the black body is now changed so that it radiates maximum energy at the wavelength . The power radiated by it now becomes . The value of is:
According to Wien's displacement law, the wavelength corresponding to maximum spectral emissive power is inversely proportional to the absolute temperature of the black body, i.e., . Given initial wavelength at temperature , and final wavelength at temperature . Therefore, . According to the Stefan-Boltzmann law, the total power radiated by a black body is directly proportional to the fourth power of its absolute temperature (). So, the ratio of final power to initial power is . Given and , we have .
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