A student has four identical metal cans. Each can has a different outer surface: matt black, matt white, shiny black and shiny silver.
The student also has a kettle, a measuring cylinder, four thermometers, four lids and a stopwatch.
Describe how the student could use this equipment to investigate how the nature of a surface affects the amount of infrared radiation it emits.
96 exam-style questions on Edexcel GCSE Physics 5.3 Black body radiation, covering 5.3.1 Emission of radiation and temperature, 5.3.2 Radiation balance and constant temperature, and 5.3.3 The temperature of the Earth. Each one has a worked solution and a mark scheme showing where the marks go.