Emissivity Definition and 62 Threads

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    Find High Emissivity Paint for Accurate Infrared Temperature Measurements

    I'm supposed to measure temperature with an infrared camera. But when used on materials such as gold and aluminum or iron I get false readings (the emissivity is low). To solve this problem I figured I would need a paint that gives the surface high emissivity (low-reflective). My question...
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    Radiative Transfer + Emissivity

    Homework Statement This isn't so much of a homework but rather I am trying to understand the physics. The solution to the radiative transfer for a isothermal homogeneous gas of layer consists of one part that describes the absorption and one part that describes the emission. My...
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    Emissivity as a function of wavelength

    Homework Statement Hello, I'm a little confused. I did an experiment today with a Leslie Cube. One of the faces was a black paint, and another a white paint. I know that white reflects well and has a low emissivity, at least in the visual wavelengths. In the Leslie's cube, was hot water, so...
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    Boltzman Constant, Emissivity and Surface Area of a filament

    Homework Statement A tungsten filament in a lamp is heated to a temperature of 2.30 x 10^3 K by an electric current. The tungsten has an emissivity of 0.31. What is the surface area of the filament if the lamp delivers 35.0 W of power? Homework Equations Stefan's Law (a greek letter...
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    What is the difference between emissivity and reflectivity?

    Hi first time posting so apologies if this is the wrong section to post this in! I'm having a bit of trouble defining the difference between reflection and emission on the atomic level. As far as I can see both just essentially involve excitation of an electron by a photon, followed by...
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    Can High Emissivity IR Paint Solve Pyrometer Accuracy Issues on Steel Surfaces?

    I'm having problems measuring the temperature of a steel surface with varying emissivity with a pyrometer. So I thought one way to overcome the varying emissivity is to paint the surface with a paint that has a high uniform emissivity in the IR region. The paint should: Have high...
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    "Emissivity Problem - 8000K Plasma at 325nm

    Homework Statement I am given a plasma at 8000 Kelvin and assume its an ideal blackbody. I have slit of 0.01 cm^2, observing at wavelength 325 nm with a spectral bandwidth of 0.05 nm. The problem asks that the actually continuum under these conditions is 1 pW. What is the emissivity...
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    How Can You Calculate the Emissivity of Argon for Heat Transfer Analysis?

    Hi, Can anyone give me any information on where i could find information on the emissivity of a gas, particulally argon, or how i can calculate it? i am trying to create a graph of heat transfer against temperature and see which plays a larger role at particular temperatures when transfering...
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    Tungsten Filament Emissivity Assistance requested

    Hello, I have a Tungsten filament radiance source that has been calibrated in the UV region and would like to extrapolate the radiance to longer wavelengths. By calibrated, I mean, a NIST plot of spectral radiance v. wavelength at a certain set of operating conditions. I'm new to this...
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    Need help on this Light bulb Filament Temperature with emissivity and δ given

    Hi, I am stuck on this question, any help would be appreciated. Thanks! The tungsten filament of a certain 100 W light bulb radiates 2.85 W of light. (The other 97.15 is carried away by convection and conduction) The filament has surface area of 0.400 mm^2 and an emissivity of 0.952. Find...
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    Emissivity of a flat surface varies with zenith angle

    If the emissivity of a flat surface varies with zenith angle according to e=E*cos(theta) where E is the emissivity at zenith. Would this surface radiate isotropically? I think that because the emissivity varies then the emitted radiation varies accordingly so the energy measured from...
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    Emissivity e varies with zenith angle according to e = E*cos(theta)

    If the emissivity e varies with zenith angle according to e = E*cos(theta) where E is the emissivity normal to the surface. Would this surface be an isotropic source of radiation? Well, since e varies with angle then the flux density must vary accordingly so the surface would radiate...
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