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# Just after detonation, the fireball in a nuclear blast is approximately an ideal blackbody radiator with a surface temperature ofabout $1.0 \times 10^{7} \mathrm{K}$ (a) Find the wavelength at which the thermal radiation is maximum and (b) identify the type of electromagnetiwave corresponding to that wavelength. (See Fig. $33-1 .$ ) This radiation is almost immediately absorbed by the surrounding air molecules, which produces another ideal blackbody radiator with a surface temperature of about $1.0 \times 10^{5} \mathrm{K} .$ (c) Find the wavelength at which the thermal radiation is maximum and (d) identify the typeof electromagnetic wave corresponding to that wavelength.

## (a) $\lambda_{\text { max }}=299 \mathrm{pm}$(b) $\mathrm{x}$ ray(c) $\lambda_{\text { max }}=29 \mathrm{nm}$(d) Ultraviolet

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