Data Sheet of Experiment 1

 

Properties of Thermal Radiation - Data Sheets

 

 

I.  Verification of Stefan-Boltzman Law

 Tref  (Room Temperature) =  _____________ K

Rref (Filament Resistence at Tref ) =  _____________ W

 

DATA

CALCULATIONS

         V

I

Rad. Meter

R

Tfilament

T4

(Volts)

(Amps)

(mV)

(W)

(K)

(K)

1

 

 

 

 

 

2

 

 

 

 

 

3

 

 

 

 

 

4

 

 

 

 

 

5

 

 

 

 

 

6

 

 

 

 

 

7

 

 

 

 

 

8

 

 

 

 

 

9

 

 

 

 

 

10

 

 

 

 

 

11

 

 

 

 

 

 Table 1

Radiation sensor reading at (V=) 3 volts   =  _____________ mV

Radiation sensor reading at (V=) 10 volts   =  _____________ mV

II. Radiation Intensity as a Function of Distance

 

X (cm)

Ambient Radiation Level (mV)

 

2

 

3

 

4

 

5

 

10

 

20

 

30

 

40

 

50

 

60

 

70

 

80

 

90

 

100

 

 Table  2.

 

X (cm)

Radiation Level (mV)

 

Net Radiation (mV)

Radiation - Ambient

2

 

 

3

 

 

4

 

 

5

 

 

10

 

 

20

 

 

30

 

 

40

 

 

50

 

 

60

 

 

70

 

 

80

 

 

90

 

 

100

 

 

 Table  3


III. Emissivity of Various Surfaces

 

Power Setting

5.0

Power Setting

6.5

Therm .Res.

 

Therm .Res

 

Temperature

 

Temperature

 

Surface

Sensor Reading

Surface

Sensor Reading

Black

 

Black

 

White

 

White

 

Polished Aluminum

 

Polished Aluminum

 

Dull Aluminum

 

Dull Aluminum

 

Power Setting

8.0

Power Setting

10.0

Therm .Res.

 

Therm .Res

 

Temperature

 

Temperature

 

Surface

Sensor Reading

Surface

Sensor Reading

Black

 

Black

 

White

 

White

 

Polished Aluminum

 

Polished Aluminum

 

Dull Aluminum

 

Dull Aluminum

 

 Table  4