Physics / Thermal Radiation

Blackbody Radiation Explorer

Planck's law & Wien's displacement — interactive spectrum visualizer

Temperature
K
Peak wavelength
Wien's displacement law
Spectral region
 
Peak radiance
W · sr⁻¹ · m⁻³
Total flux (Stefan–Boltzmann)
W · m⁻²
Planck curve
Peak wavelength (Wien)
Wien's law λpeak = b / T    b = 2.898 × 10⁻³ m·K
Planck function B(λ,T) = 2hc² / λ⁵ · 1 / (ehc/λkT − 1)
Stefan–Boltzmann j* = σT⁴    σ = 5.670 × 10⁻⁸ W·m⁻²·K⁻⁴