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Mechanical Engineering · Q63

Heat And Mass Transfer

Engineering and GATE · Mechanical Engineering · question 63

Q63

Which of the following statement is correct?

A.
A grey body is one which absorbs all radiations incident on it.
B.
At thermal equilibrium, the emissivity and absorptivity are same.
Answer
C.
The energy absorbed by a body to the total energy falling on it, is called emissivity.
D.
A perfect body is one which is black in colour.

Answer: Option B

Solution

Answer: Option B
Solution:

A blackbody allows all incident radiation to pass into it (no reflected energy) and internally absorbs all the incident radiation (no energy transmitted through the body).
Absorptive power is a measure of heat absorbed by an object. When heat is incident on the surface an object, a part of it is absorbed and the remaining part is reflected. Usually the absorbed radiation is converted to thermal energy, increasing the object's temperature.