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Define emissive power.

Important Questions on Thermal Properties of Matter

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(A) The energy emitted versus wavelength plot of a black body depends on the material of the black body.
(B) The emissivity of a completely reflecting surface is zero.
(C) Emissivity is equal to (absorptive power)2.
(D) Black-body radiates more than normal body Which of the following is correct?
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If the surface is a perfect reflector, the change in momentum of the wave after falling on the surface is
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Prevost's theory of heat exchange is not applicable at temperature
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A certain planet is at a distance d from the sun. Then the temperature of the planet is
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The filament of a light bulb has surface area 64 mm2. The filament can be considered as a black body at temperature 2500 K emitting radiation like a point source when viewed from far. At night the light bulb is observed from a distance of 100 m. Assume the pupil of the eyes of the observer to be circular with radius 3 mm. Then:

(Take Stefan-Boltzmann constant =5.67×10-8 W m-2 K-4, Wiens' displacement constant =2.90×103 m K, Planck's constant =6.60×1034 J s, speed of light in vacuum =3.00×108 ms1)

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In Raman effect, the spectral line with lower frequency than the incident frequency is
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Three large identical plates are kept parallel to each other. The outer two plates are maintained at temperatures T and 2T, respectively. The temperature of the middle plate in steady state will be close to
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On observing light from three different stars P , Q and R , it was found that intensity of violet colour is maximum in the spectrum of P , the intensity of green colour is maximum in the spectrum of R and the intensity of red colour is maximum in the spectrum of Q . If Tp, TQ and TR are the respective absolute temperatures of P , Q and R , then it can be concluded from the above observations that :
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A container with 1 kg of water in it is kept in sunlight, which causes the water to get warmer than the surroundings. The average energy per unit time per unit area received due to the sunlight is 700 W m-2 and it is absorbed by the water over an effective area of 0.05 m2. Assuming that the heat loss from the water to the surroundings is governed by Newton's law of cooling, the difference (in C) in the temperature of water and the surroundings after a long time will be_________. (Ignore effect of the container, and take constant for Newton's law of cooling =0.001 s-1, Heat capacity of water =4200 J kg-1 K-1)

(Approximate the answer to two decimal place)

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In the case of black body for energy distribution, energy radiated by a blackbody which is given by, Planck's formula reduces to Rayleigh Jean's formula for
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The wavelength of thermal radiation is
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For any material, if R, T and A represent the reflection coefficient, transparent coefficient and absorption coefficient respectively, then for a blackbody which one of the following is true
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A black body is at a temperature of 5760 K. The energy of radiation emitted by the body at wavelength 250 nm is U1, at wavelength 500  nm is U2 and that at 1000 nm is U3. Wien's constant, b=2.88×106 nm K. Which of the following is correct?
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Let there be four identical cubes having colours blue, red, black and white. When they are heated together and allowed to cool under identical conditions, which cube will cool at the earliest?
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If a piece of metal is heated to temperature θ and then allowed to cool in a room which is at temperature θ0, the graph between the temperature T of the metal and time t will be closest to :
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Two spherical black bodies have radii r1 and r 2. Their surface temperatures are T1 and T 2. If they radiate same power then r2r1 is
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A body cools from a temperature 3T to 2T in 10 minutes. The room temperature is T. Assume that Newton's law of cooling is applicable. The temperature of the body at the end of next 10 minutes will be
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Two spheres S1 and S2 have same radii but temperatures T1 and T2 respectively. Their emissive power is same and emissivity is in the ratio 1:4 Then the ratio of T1 to T2 is
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A human body has a surface area of approximately 1 m2. The normal body temperature is 10 K above the surrounding room temperature T0 . Take the room temperature to be T0=300 K . For  T0=300 K, the value of σT4=460 W m-2(where σ is the Stefan-Boltzmann constant). Which of the following options is/are correct?
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Heat energy is incident on the surface of a material at the rate of 1000 J min-1. If the coefficient of absorption is 0.8 and the coefficient of reflection is 0.1, then the amount of heat energy transmitted through the material in 5 minutes is