Kirchoff's Law of Thermal Radiation
Questions on Kirchoff's law of thermal radiation, covering emissive power, absorptive power, black body radiation, absorption coefficients, and related thermal radiation concepts
Questions
If the emissive and absorptive powers of a body are $E$ and $A $ respectively at temperature $T$ then emissive power of a black body will be
- $E/A$
- $EAT$
- $EA/T$
- $A/E$
If $p$ calories of heat energy is incident on a body and $q$ calories is absorbed, then its coefficient of absorption is :
- $\dfrac{p}{q}$
- $p - q$
- $\dfrac{q}{p}$
- $q + p$
A hot body will emit radiations more rapidly if its surface is
- black and polished
- white and polished
- black and rough
- white and rough
Given that $p$ Joules of heat is incident on a body and out of it $q$ Joules is reflected and transmitted by it, the absorption coefficient of the body is
- $(q-p)/p$
- $q/p$
- $(p-q)/p$
- $p/q$
Kirchoffs law states that
- a body absorbs radiation of shorter wavelengths and emits radiation of higher wavelength
- a body absorbs radiation of any wavelength but emits radiation of specific wavelengths
- a body absorbs and emits radiation of same wavelengths
- none of these
If the amount of heat incident upon a body is $X$ calorie and it absorbs $Y$ calorie out of it , then the coefficient of absorption will be
- $X+Y$
- $XY$
- $Y/X$
- $X/Y$
Good absorbers of heat are
- Poor emitters of heat
- Good emitters of heat
- Only black bodies
- None of these
The temperature of a room heated by a heater is $20^o$C when outside temperature is $-20^o$C and it is $10^o$C when the outside temperature is $-40^o$C. The temperature of the heater is
- 80$^o$C
- 100$^o$C
- 40$^o$C
- 60$^o$C
The absorptivity of Platinum black is
- 0.91
- 0.98
- 1.00
- 0.99
Assertion : Good Reflectors are poor emitters of Thermal Radiation
Reason : The ratio of the emissive power and absorptive power is constant for all substances at any given temperature and radiation of same wavelength
- Assertion and Reason are correct and reason is the correct explanation for assertion
- Assertion and Reason are correct and reason is not the correct explanation for assertion
- Assertion is true but reason is false
- Assertion is false but reason is true
If temperature of a black body increases from $-73^oC$ to $327^oC$, then ratio of emissive power at the two temperature is
- 27 : 1
- 81 : 1
- 1 : 27
- 1 : 81
These is a solid cube of sides $1m$. Its temperature is $127^{\circ}C$ and emissivity is $\dfrac{1}{5.67}$. If surrounding temperature is $27^{\circ}C$ then net rate of radiation loss will be:-
- $1.05\ KW$
- $5.9\ KW$
- $0.175\ KW$
- $9.5\ KW$
The maximum wavelength of radiations emitted at 900 K is $4 \mu m$. What will be the maximum wavelength of radiation emitted at 1200 K?
- 3 $\mu m$
- 0.3 $\mu m$
- 1 $\mu m$
- None of these
Certain substance emit only the wavelength $\lambda _{1},\lambda _{2},\lambda _{3} \ and \ \lambda _{4}$ when it is at a high temperature. When this substance is at a colder temperature, it will absorb only the following wavelength :
- $\lambda _{1}$
- $\lambda _{2}$
- $\lambda _{1}$ and $\lambda _{2} $
- $\lambda _{1},\lambda _{2},\lambda _{3}$ and $\lambda _{4} $
In steady state
- Heat received is partly conducted and partly radiated
- Heat is not absorbed
- both A and B
- All the heat is conducted
A polished metal plate with a rough black spot on it is heated to about $1400 K$ and quickly taken into a dark room. Which one of the following statements will be true?
- The spot will appear brighter than the plate
- The spot will appear darker than the plate
- The spot and the plate will appear equally bright
- The spot and the plate will not be visible in the dark room
An ideal black body at room temperature is thrown into a furnace.It is observed that
- initially it is the darkest body and at later times the brightest.
- it is darkest body at all times.
- it cannot be distinguished at all times.
- initially it is darkest and at later times it cannot be distinguished.
A spherical body of area $A$ and emissivity $e = 0.6$ is kept inside a perfectly black body. Total heat radiated by the body at temperature T is :
- $0.4eAT^{4}$
- $0.8eAT^{4}$
- $0.6eAT^{4}$
- $1.0eAT^{4}$
The rates of heat radiation from two patches of skin each of area $S$, on a patient's chest differ by $2$%. If the patch of the lower temperature is at $300K$ and the emissivity of both the patches is assumed to be unity, the temperature of the other patch is closest to:
- $301.5K$
- $306K$
- $308.5K$
- $312K$
Choose the correct statements from the following
- Good reflectors are good emitters of thermal radiation.
- Burns caused by water at 100$^{o}$C are more severe than those caused by steam at 100$^{o}$C
- If the earth did not have atmosphere, it would become intolerably cold.
- It is impossible to construct a heat engine of a 100% efficiency.
Statement-1:Good reflectors are poor emitters of thermal radiation.
Statement-2:The ratio of the emissive power (e) and absorptive power(a) is constant for all substances at any given temperture and for radiation of the same wavelength
- Statement-1 is true, Statement-2 is true and Statement-2 is the correct explanation for Statement- 1
- Statement-1 is true, Statement-2 is true but Statement-2 is not the correct explanation for Staement-1
- Statement-1 is true, Statement-2 is false.
- Statement-1 is false, Statement-2 is true.
In a dark room with ambient temperature $T _o$, a black body is kept at a temperature $T$. Keeping the temperature of the black body constant (at $T$), sunrays are allowed to fall on the black body through a hole in the roof of the dark room. Assuming that there is no change in the ambient temperature of the room, which of the following statement(s) is/are correct?
- The quantity of radiation absorbed by the black body in unit time will increase
- Since emissivity = absorptivity, hence the quantity of radiation emitted by black body in unit time will
increase - Black body radiates more energy in unit time in the visible spectrum.
- The reflected energy in unit time by the black body remains same.