Figure 1B.1 [ENDORSED]

[Rohit Srinivas 2D]

I was looking at the figure 1b.1 in the textbook which depicts black body radiation and energy per wavelength of light. How is it possible that objects at higher temperatures emit a higher amount of energy for a certain wavelength than a cooler object emitting photons at the same wavelength. Is this graphing overall energy (intensity accounted for) or energy per photon?

[Chem_Mod]

The total energy is the area under the curve and the higher temperature has more energy.

Remember, black body radiation is not part of our syllabus.