wallace5
Apr6-11, 05:49 PM
1. I am trying to calculate planks constant from data taken in my lab. I measured intensity over the range of wavelengths from 350nm to 900nm the blackbody(furnace) i am measuring is at approx 800kelvin
2. using planks radiation law: Iλ(T,λ)=(2C2 h)/λ5 [1/(e(hC/(λK T))-1]
3.Factored to get
λ5I=2(c2)hehc/λkT
ln(λ5I)=ln(2c2h)-(hc/kT)1/λ
y=b-mx
so I think if i plot ln(λ5I) vs. 1/λ i should be able to extract the slope
m=-hc/λkT
and factoring
h=-mkT/c
when i do this though i get a value of almost 5000 for the slope which is far to high
using planks constant in m=-hc/λkT i find that m should be about 0.00001773
does anyone have a suggestion on what i'm doing wrong
1. The problem statement, all variables and given/known data
2. Relevant equations
3. The attempt at a solution
2. using planks radiation law: Iλ(T,λ)=(2C2 h)/λ5 [1/(e(hC/(λK T))-1]
3.Factored to get
λ5I=2(c2)hehc/λkT
ln(λ5I)=ln(2c2h)-(hc/kT)1/λ
y=b-mx
so I think if i plot ln(λ5I) vs. 1/λ i should be able to extract the slope
m=-hc/λkT
and factoring
h=-mkT/c
when i do this though i get a value of almost 5000 for the slope which is far to high
using planks constant in m=-hc/λkT i find that m should be about 0.00001773
does anyone have a suggestion on what i'm doing wrong
1. The problem statement, all variables and given/known data
2. Relevant equations
3. The attempt at a solution