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What is the emissivity value?

Important Questions on Thermal Properties of Matter

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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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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) 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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A black body at high temperature emits radiations of
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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 Raman effect, the spectral line with lower frequency than the incident frequency 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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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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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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The wavelength of thermal radiation 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
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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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If the surface is a perfect reflector, the change in momentum of the wave after falling on the surface is
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Explain why the bottom of cooking vessel is made black?
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Assuming that your surface temperature is 98.6°F and that you are an ideal blackbody radiator (you are close), find (a) the wavelength at which your spectral radiancy is maximum, (b) the power at which you emit thermal radiation in a wavelength range of 1.00 nm at that wavelength, from a surface area of 4.00 cm2, and (c) the corresponding rate at which you emit photons from that area. Using a wavelength of 500 nm (in the visible range), (d) recalculate the power and (e) the rate of photon emission. (As you have noticed, you do not visibly glow in the dark). 
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The spectrum of black body radiation is a