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Emissive and Absorptive Power
The thermal r...
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The thermal radiation emitted by a body is proportional to T
n
where T is its absolute temperature. The value of n is exactly 4 for
(a) a blackbody
(b) all bodies
(c) bodies painted black only
(d) polished bodies only
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(b) all bodies
From Stefan-Boltzmann law, the energy of the thermal radiation emitted per unit time by a blackbody of surface area A is given by
u
=
σ
A
T
4
Here,
σ
is Stefan-Boltzmann constant.
This law holds true for all the bodies.
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