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Mechanical Engineering · Q73

Heat And Mass Transfer

Engineering and GATE · Mechanical Engineering · question 73

Q73

The rate of energy emission from unit surface area through unit solid angle, along a normal to the surface, is known as

A.
Emissivity
B.
Transmissivity
C.
Reflectivity
D.
Intensity of radiation
Answer

Answer: Option D

Solution

Answer: Option D
Solution:
The intensity of radiation is defined as the rate of emission of radiation in a given direction from a surface per unit solid angle and per unit projected area of a radiating surface on a plane perpendicular to the direction of radiation.