The temperature of a body in air falls from 40°C to 24°C in 4 minute. The temperature of the air is 16°C. The temperature of the body in the next 4 minutes will be [2025]
14/3°C
28/3°C
56/3°C
42/3°C
(3)
Now
A cup of coffee cools from 90°C to 80°C in t minutes when the room temperature is 20°C. The time taken by the similar cup of coffee to cool from 80°C to 60°C at the same room temperature is: [2025]
(1)
By using average form of Newton's law of cooling
... (i)
and ... (ii)
From (i) and (ii)
A wire of length 10 cm and diameter 0.5 mm is used in a bulb. The temperature of the wire is 1727°C and power radiated by the wire is 94.2 W. Its emissivity is where x = ________.
(Given and assume that the emissivity of wire material is same at all wavelength.) [2025]
5
L = 10 cm, d = 0.5 mm, T = 1727°C = 2000 K
Power, P = 94.2 W