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6.3 Black body radiation

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Question 6

A glass bottle is taken from a refrigerator. The bottle is colder than the room.

a.

State whether the bottle emits infrared radiation while it is still cold.

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b.

The bottle is left in the room and becomes warmer.

State when the bottle emits more infrared radiation each second: when first removed from the refrigerator or after it has become warmer.

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c.

An ideal object absorbs all of the radiation incident on it.

Give the physics term for this ideal object.

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6.3 Black body radiation Questions

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106 exam-style questions on AQA GCSE Physics 6.3 Black body radiation, covering 6.3.1 Emission and absorption of infrared radiation and 6.3.2 Perfect black bodies and radiation. Each one has a worked solution and a mark scheme showing where the marks go.

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