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A sphere of surface area 4 m2 at temperature 400 K and having emissivity 0.5 is located in an environment of temperature 200 K. The net rate of energy exchange of the sphere is

(Stefan Boltzmann constant σ=5.67×10-8 W m-2 K4)

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Important Questions on Kinetic Theory of Gases and Radiation

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If temperature of a black body increases from 300 K to 900 K, then the rate of energy radiation increases by
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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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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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A certain stellar body has radius 50Rs and temperature 2Ts and is at a distance of 2×1010 AU from the earth. Here, AU refers to the earth-sun distance and Rs and Ts refer to the sun's radius and temperature, respectively. Take, both star and sun to be ideal black bodies. The ratio of the power received on earth from the stellar body as compared to that received from the sun is close to
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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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Two black bodies A and B have equal surface areas and are maintained at temperatures 27°C and 177°C respectively. What will be the ratio of the thermal energy radiated per second by A to that by B?

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The maximum wavelength of radiation emitted by a star is 289.8 nm. Then intensity of radiation for the star is (Given : Stefan’s constant = 5.67×10-8 W m-2 K-4 , Wien’s constant, b=2898 μm K)
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Two spheres of same material and radii 5 m and 2 m are at temperature 200 K and 250 K respectively. The ratio of energies radiated by them per second is
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A spherical black body with a radius of 12 cm radiates 450 W power at 500 K. If the radius were halved and the temperature doubled, the power radiated in watt would be
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A black coloured solid sphere of radius R and mass M is inside a cavity with a vacuum inside. The walls of the cavity are maintained at temperature T0. The initial temperature of the sphere is 3T0. If the specific heat of the material of the sphere varies as αT3 per unit mass with the temperature T of the sphere, where α is a constant, then the time taken for the sphere to cool down to temperature 2T0 will be

(σ is Stefan Boltzmann constant)

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The "Kangri" is an earthen pot used to stay warm in Kashmir during the winter months. Assume that the "Kangri" is spherical and of surface area 7×10-2 m2. It contains 300 g of a mixture of coal, wood and leaves with calorific value of 30 kJ g-1 (and provides heat with 10% efficiency). The surface temperature of the 'Kangri' is 60°C and the room temperature is 0°C. Then, a reasonable estimate for the duration t (in hours) that the 'kangri' heat will last is (take the 'kangri' to be a black body):
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An incandescent bulb has a thin filament of tungsten that is heated to high temperature by passing an electric current. The hot filament emits black-body radiation. The filament is observed to break up at random locations after a sufficiently long time of operation due to non-uniform evaporation of tungsten from the filament. If the bulb is powered at constant voltage, which of the following statement(s) is(are) true?
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If temperature of black body increases from 17°C to 307°C, then the rate of radiation increases by
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Earth receives Sun's radiation at the rate of P W m-2. Mean distance between the Sun and the Earth is r m. Radius of the Sun is R m. If Stefan's constant is σ (in SI units), surface temperature of the Sun, in kelvin, is
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When the temperature of a body is increased from 27°C to 127°C, the radiation emitted by it increases by a factor of ________
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A spherical black body with a radius of 12cm radiates 450 watt power at 500 K. If the radius were halved and the temperature doubled, the power radiated in watt would be:-..
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If the temperature of a hot body is increased by 50%, then the amount of radiation emitted by it increases approximately by
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Parallel rays of light of intensity I=912 Wm-2 are incident on a spherical black body kept in surroundings of temperature 300 K. Take Stefan-Boltzmann constant σ=5.7×10-8 Wm-2 K-4 and assume that the energy exchange with the surroundings is only through radiation. The final steady state temperature of the black body is close to
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If the emission rate of a blackbody at 0 °C is R , then the rate of emission at 273 °C is
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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