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A hot object exposed to low temperature in a vacuum doesn't lose heat?
I heard somewhere that if the human body were exposed to outer space where the temperature is extremely low, the human won't actually feel cold because in a vacuum, the heat energy doesn't have ...
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What is the relation between surface area and radiation, if any?
Basically I wonder what happens to emitted radiation by douubling a light e.g. twice the surface area of the sun will emit how much more radiation? 4 times more? Is there a formula?
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How to interpret Stefan-Boltzmann's law?
The Stefan-Boltzmann equation states $e=\sigma T^4$, but how do we interpret this?
Is this completely wrong: A body of size $s^2$ generates the radiation/temperature $T^4$ for a given size and a ...
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Finding electric power generated using heat transfer
I'm working through an example I have been given to study. Suppose I have a 2m X 4m photovoltaic panel on my roof that is irradiated with a solar flux of $G_s = 700W/m^2$.
Given:
$\alpha_s = 0.83$
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Steady State Temperature of an Object Orbiting the Earth
This may be irrelevant or stupid to ask but I couldn't come up with a good answer. At least, we could not agree on with my friend the other day.
I would like an estimate of the temperature of a human ...
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What temperature can you attain with a solar furnace?
A solar furnace is a device that concentrates the sun's light on a small point to heat it up to high temperature. One can imagine that in the limit of being completely surrounded by mirrors, your ...
