(a) If you have a fever, is the wavelength of the radiation component of maximum intensity emitted...

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(a) If you have a fever, is the wavelength of the radiation component of maximum intensity emitted by your body (1) greater, (2) the same, or (3) smaller as compared with its value when your temperature is normal? Why?
(b) Assume that human skin has a temperature of 34oC. What is the wavelength of the radiation component of maximum intensity emitted by our bodies? In what region of the EM spectrum is this wavelength?
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College Physics

ISBN: 978-0321601834

7th edition

Authors: Jerry D. Wilson, Anthony J. Buffa, Bo Lou

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