
The temperature of bodies and vary with time as shown in the figure. If emissivity of bodies and are and and absorptive powers are and , (assume other conditions are identical for both), then




Important Questions on Kinetic Theory of Gases and Radiation
Assertion: Absorptive power is a dimensionless quantity and a body having low emissive power should have low absorptive power.
Reason: The ratio of emissive power to absorptive power is same for all bodies at a given temperature and is equal to the emissive power of a black body at that temperature.


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



In Ferry's black body, the area of black body is


