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Adam — (archived)

Hi All

Well I goofed that...

Planck's constant is 6.626 x 10^-34 Js NOT 10^-36...

http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Planck%27s_constant

and Wien's law constant had one too many zeros...

http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wien's_law

...I quoted the right wavelength for visible light, but the frequency is 590 terahertz and the energy 2.45 eV.

Other relevant Wikipedia entries...

http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Planck%27s_Law_of_Radiation

http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stefan-Boltzmann_law

...oh well can't always get the constants right from the top of my head

Adam

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