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Assertion: A body that is a good radiator is also a good absorber of radiation at a given wavelength.

Reason: According to Kirchoff's law, the absorptive power of a body is equal to its emissivity at a given wavelength.

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Important Questions on Heat Transfer

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The two ends of a metal rod are maintained at temperatures

100 ° C

and

110 ° C

. The rate of heat flow in the rod is found to be

4.0 J s^{- 1}

. If the ends are maintained at temperatures

200 ° C

and

210 ° C

, the rate of heat flow will be:

MEDIUM

Physics>Heat and Thermodynamics>Heat Transfer>Blackbody Radiation

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

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Physics>Heat and Thermodynamics>Heat Transfer>Blackbody Radiation

A heat source at

T = 10^{3} K

is connected to another heat reservoir at

T = 10^{2} K

by a copper slab which is

1 m

thick. Given that the thermal conductivity of copper is

0 .1 W K^{- 1} m^{- 1}

, the energy flux through it in the steady-state is:

HARD

Physics>Heat and Thermodynamics>Heat Transfer>Blackbody Radiation

Three rods of Copper, Brass and Steel are welded together to form a Y-shaped structure. Area of cross-section of each rod is

4 {cm}^{2}

. End of copper rod is maintained at

100 ° C

. Where as ends of brass and steel are kept at

0 ° C

. Lengths of the copper, brass and steel rods are

46, 13

and

12 cms

respectively. The rods are thermally insulated from surroundings except at ends. Thermal conductivities of copper, brass and steel are

0.92, 0.26

and

0.12

CGS units respectively. Rate of heat flow through copper rod is :

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Physics>Heat and Thermodynamics>Heat Transfer>Blackbody Radiation

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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Physics>Heat and Thermodynamics>Heat Transfer>Blackbody Radiation

Two rods A and B of different materials are welded together as shown in figure. Their thermal conductivities are $K_{1}$ and $K_{2}$ . The thermal conductivity of the composite rod will be

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MEDIUM

Physics>Heat and Thermodynamics>Heat Transfer>Blackbody Radiation

A cylinder of radius

R

is surrounded by a cylindrical shell of inner radius

R

and outer radius

2 R

. The thermal conductivity of the material of the inner cylinder is

K_{1}

and that of the outer cylinder is

K_{2}

. Assuming no loss of heat, the effective thermal conductivity of the system for heat flowing along the length of the cylinder is:

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Physics>Heat and Thermodynamics>Heat Transfer>Blackbody Radiation

Consider a pair of insulating blocks with thermal resistances $R_{1}$ , and $R_{2}$ as shown in the figure. The temperature $θ$ at the boundary between the two blocks is

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Physics>Heat and Thermodynamics>Heat Transfer>Blackbody Radiation

In Raman effect, the spectral line with lower frequency than the incident frequency is

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Physics>Heat and Thermodynamics>Heat Transfer>Blackbody Radiation

A certain planet is at

a

distance

d

from the sun. Then the temperature of the planet is

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Physics>Heat and Thermodynamics>Heat Transfer>Blackbody Radiation

The unit of thermal conductivity is

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Physics>Heat and Thermodynamics>Heat Transfer>Blackbody Radiation

Three large identical plates are kept parallel to each other. The outer two plates are maintained at temperatures

T

and

2 T

, respectively. The temperature of the middle plate in steady state will be close to

MEDIUM

Physics>Heat and Thermodynamics>Heat Transfer>Blackbody Radiation

Two materials having coefficients of thermal conductivity

3 K

and

K

and thickness

d

and

3 d

respectively, are joined to form a slab as shown in the figure. The temperatures of the outer surfaces are

θ_{2}

and

θ_{1}

respectively,

(θ_{2} > θ_{1})

. The temperature at the interface is
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Physics>Heat and Thermodynamics>Heat Transfer>Blackbody Radiation

Two rectangular blocks, having identical dimensions, can be arranged either in configuration

I

or in configuration

I I

as shown in the figure. One of the blocks has thermal conductivity

K

and the other

2 K

. The temperature difference between the ends along the x-axis is the same in both the configurations. It takes

9 s

to transport a certain amount of heat from the hot end to cold end in the configuration

I

. The time to transport the same amount of heat in the configuration

II

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Physics>Heat and Thermodynamics>Heat Transfer>Blackbody Radiation

Three rods of identical cross-section and length are made of three different materials of thermal conductivity $K_{1}, K_{2}$ and $K_{3}$ , respectively. They are joined together at their ends to make a long rod (see figure). One end of the long rod is maintained at $100 ° C$ and the other at $0 ° C$ (see figure). If the joints of the rod are at $70 ° C$ and $20 ° C$ in steady and there is no loss of energy from the surface of the rod, the correct relationship between $K_{1}, K_{2}$ and $K_{3}$ is :

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Physics>Heat and Thermodynamics>Heat Transfer>Blackbody Radiation

Consider a ball of mass $100 g$ attached to one end of a spring $(k = 800 N m^{- 1})$ and immersed in $0.5 kg$ water. Assume the complete system is in thermal equilibrium. The spring is now stretched to $20 cm$ and the mass is released so that it vibrates up and down. Estimate the change in temperature of water before the vibrations stop.

(Specific heat of the material of the ball $= 400 J {kg}^{- 1} K^{- 1}$ and Specific heat of water $= 4200 J {kg}^{- 1} K^{- 1}$ )

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Physics>Heat and Thermodynamics>Heat Transfer>Blackbody Radiation

Three rods of identical cross-sectional area and made from the same metal, form the sides of an isosceles triangle

A B C

right angled at

B

as shown in figure. The point

A

and

B

are maintained at temperature

T

and

\sqrt{2} T

respectively, in the steady state. Now, assuming that only heat conduction takes place. The temperature of point

C

will be

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Physics>Heat and Thermodynamics>Heat Transfer>Blackbody Radiation

The wavelength of thermal radiation is

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Physics>Heat and Thermodynamics>Heat Transfer>Blackbody Radiation

(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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Physics>Heat and Thermodynamics>Heat Transfer>Blackbody Radiation

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

Assertion: A body that is a good radiator is also a good absorber of radiation at a given wavelength. Reason: According to Kirchoff's law, the absorptive power of a body is equal to its emissivity at a given wavelength.

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Assertion: A body that is a good radiator is also a good absorber of radiation at a given wavelength.

Reason: According to Kirchoff's law, the absorptive power of a body is equal to its emissivity at a given wavelength.