In class, we learned that ”most” of the sun’s radiation happens in the band 0.2 ?...

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In class, we learned that ”most” of the sun’s radiation happensin the band 0.2 ? ? ? 3µm, and Stephen asked what ”most” means.What proportion of solar radiation (for a black body sun) falls inthe above wavelength range. Similarly, what proportion of theEarth’s radiation (black body Earth at 290K) occurs in thewavelength band 4 ? ? ? 40µm? What wavelength range contains themiddle 95% of the sun’s radiation?

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1 Given that T 5778 K for a blackbody sun 1T 02 5778 1156 mK and 2T 3 5778 17334 mK the blackbody radiation functions are determined from Table 1112 Introduction to Thermodynamics    See Answer
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