NLIGHIITEN TRANSMISSION OF HEAT

02. RADIATION (M.Q)

SINGLE ANS TYPE QUESTIONS

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C
Conceptual
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(B)

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(B)
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(B)
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(a)
8. A copper cube of side ‘a’ is heated and then allowed to cool in an evacuated
enclosure. It takes time ‘t’ to cool from temperature 1 to 2 . Now another copper
cube of side ‘2a’ is placed in the same enclosure and allowed to cool.
The time taken by it to cool form 1 to 2
1) t 2) 2t 3) 3t 4) 4t
2
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(d)
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(a)
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(d)

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CONCEPTUAL
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(d)
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(A)

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23. 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   5.7  10 8Wm 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
A) 330 K B) 660 K C) 990 K D) 1550 K
(A)
When the steady state is reached, the rate of energy lost by the sphere = rate at which the energy is
incident on it, i.e. (here R = radius of sphere)
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  4 R 2 T 4   300   912   R 4
 
4
 5.7  10  4 T   300   912
8 4
 
4 912
 T 4   300  8
 40  108
4  5.7  10
1/ 4

 T  121  108   332 K  330 K
24. Two metallic spheres S1 and S2 are made of the same material and have identical surface finish.
The mass of S1 is thrice that of S2. Both spheres are heated to the same high temperature and
placed in the same room having lower temperature but are thermally insulated from each other.
The ratio of initial rates of cooling of S1 to that of S2 is.
1/3
1 1  1
1) 2) 3) (3)1/3 4)  
3 3  3
(4)
25. Two identical solid spheres of same material have the same temperature. One of the spheres is cut
into two identical pieces. These two hemispheres are then separated. The sphere which is intact
radiates power ‘Q’ at temperature T0 . The two hemispheres together radiate power Q ' at
Q'
temperature T0 . Then is
Q
A) 0.5 B) 0.75 C) 1.5 D) 2
(C)
2 2
Q ' 2  2 r   r 
Q A    1.5
Q 4 r 2
26. Water at temperature 400C flows from a tap T into a heated container C. The container has a
heating element (a resistor R) which is generating heat at the rate of P, that may be varied. The
 1000
rate of water inflow from tap V   / min . The heat generated is sufficient so that the water
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in the container is boiling and getting converted into steam at a steady rate. What is power P that
must be generated as heat in the steady state in resistor R so that the amount of liquid water in the
container neither increases nor decreases with time? (Neglect other losses of heat, such as
conduction from the container to the air and heat capacity of container) For water, specific heat
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1
c = 4.2 KJ kg K latent heat of vaporization Lvap  2.268MJ kg , density   1000 kg m3
-1 -1,

A) 6 102W B) 6 104W C) 6 105W D) 6 106W

MULTI TYPE QUESTIONS

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28. Two spherical black-bodies A and B, having radii rA and rB , where rB  2rA emit
radiations with peak intensities at wavelengths 400 nm and 800 nm respectively.
If their temperature are TA and TB respectively in Kelvin scale, their emissive
powers are E A and EB and energies emitted per second are PA and PB then:
A) TA / TB  2 B) PA / PB  4 C) E A / EB  8 D) E A / EB  4

AB
TA B 800
  2
TB  A 400

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EA  T A
  16
4
EB  T B

PA  T  4 rA2
4
A
 4
PB  T  4 rB2
B
4

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BD

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AC

31. Two bodies A and B have thermal emissivity of 0.01 and 0.81 respectively. The outer
surface areas of the two bodies are the same. The two bodies radiate energy at the same
rate. The wavelength B , corresponding to the maximum special radiancy in the radiation
from B, is shifted from the wavelength corresponding to the maximum spectral radiancy
in the radiation from A by 1.00  m. If the temperature of A is 5802K,
A) temperature of B is 1934 K B) B  1.5 m
C) temperature of B is 11604 K D) temperature of B is 2901K
AB
eA  0.01 and eB  0.81
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AA  AB
E A  EB
4 4
 eA AATA  eB ABTB
 0.01TA4  0.81TB4
1
 TB   TA
3
1
 TB   5802  1934 K
3
By Wien’s displacement law
 mT  const.  2.93  103 mK
 mA  0.5 m
Since, it is given in the question that
mB  1 m  m A
 mB  1.5 m
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33. A thin copper tube of outer radius 0.5 cm carries a liquid flowing at T = 100°C. The copper tube loses
heat according to Newton's law with constant of proportionality 3×10–3 cal/cm2 sec°C. The temperature of
surrounding is 20°C. Now we coat a layer with thermal conductivity 2.8×10–3 cal/cm°C sec. The layer is
0.5 cm thick. Assume that outer surface of layer loses heat with same constant of proportionality: (Take:
ln2 = 0.7) Now
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A) The rate of heat loss becomes times initial rate of loss of heat
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8
B) The rate of heat loss becomes times initial rate of loss of heat
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C) The temperature T of outer surface of layer is approximately 65.7°C in steady state
D) The temperature T of outer surface of layer is approximately 42.2°C in steady state
(B, C)

34. Two bodies A and B have thermal emissivities of 0.01 and 0.81 respectively. The outer surface
areas of the two bodies are equal. The two bodies emit total radiant power at the same rate. The
wavelength B corresponding to maximum spectral radiancy in the radiation from B is shifted
from the wavelength corresponding to maximum spectral radiancy in the radiation from A, by
1.00 m . If the temperature of A is 5802K , then [Wien’s constant = 0.0029 m K)
A) The temperature of B is 1934K B) B  1.5 m
C) The temperature of B is 11604K D) The temperature of B is 2901K
(AB)
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T  T b b
e1 AT14  e2 AT24   1   81  1  3 Also   1mr  106
T
 2 T2 T2 T1

COMPREHENSION TYPE QUESTIONS

Passage
You are on a summer tour to a remote hill station. You do not have facility of an
electric freezer and you want some ice. Unfortunately the air temperature drops to
only 60 C each night. Being a physicist you know that a clear, moonless night sky
acts like a black body radiator at a temperature of Ts  230 C and decides to make
ice by letting water radiate energy to such a sky. You take a container, thermally
insulated from ground and pour water in it to form a thin, uniform layer with mass
m  4.5 g , top surface area A  9cm 2 ,depth d  5mm and emissivity  0.9 ,of course

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the initial temperature is 6 C .Remember that water can freeze at 0 0 C and while
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the water loses energy by radiation to the sky, it also absorbs energy
radiated from sky, neglect the presence of atmosphere and use following data and
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facts to answer the question Stefan’s constant   5.67 10 3
m  K4
2

The absorptive power (a) of a body is fraction of the incident radiation that is
absorbed by it and is same as its emissivity [Assume radiation only happens from
the top surface of the cylinder]
Specific heat of water , s  4190 J / kg  K , latent heat of fusion of ice,
L  3.33 105 J / kg
35. The total required energy loss for the above sample of water to freeze is
a) 1612J b) 1512J c) 113J d) 1499J
(A)
36. What is the approximate rate of loss of heat by the water sample?
a) 7.5 10 2 J / s b) 9.0  103 J / s c) 2  10 2 J / s d) 1 10 4 J / s
(A)
Passage

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(a)
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(b)
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(a)

MATRIX MATCHING TYPE QUESTIONS

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C
CONCEPTUAL

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INTEGER TYPE QUESTIONS

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(3)
42. A metal is heated in a furnace where a sensor is kept above the metal surface to read the power
radiated (P) by the metal. The sensor has scale that displays log2 (P/P0), where P0 is a constant.
When the metal surface is at a temperature of 487ºC, the sensor shows a value 1. Assume that the
emissivity of the metallic surface remains constant. What is the value displayed by the sensor
when the temperature of the metal surface is raised to 2767ºC?
(9)
P P
log 2 1  1 Therefore 1  2
P0 P0
4 4
P  T   2767  273
According to Steffan’s law 2   2      44
P1  T1   487  273 
P2 P P2
 2  44  2  44
P1 2 P0 P0
P
log 2 2  log 2  2  4 4 
P0
 log 2 2  log 2 44 = 1 + log 2 28
= 1+ 8 = 9
43. A conducting tube is passing through a bath. A liquid at temperature 90C and specific heat “s”
is entering at one end of tube. Rate of flow of liquid is 1kg/s and exit temperature is 50 0 C . In
bath another liquid having specific heat 2s and inlet temperature 20 0 C is entering at a rate of
2kg/s. If the exit temperature of liquid coming out of the bath is 10x (in C ). Find x (Assume
steady state condition)

(3)
Heat lost by liquid flowing through the tube = Heat gained by liquid in bath
 1 S  40  2  2s  T  20  T  30C .

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SUBJECTIVE TYPE QUESTIONS

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574 W, 72 W

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