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An electric bulb has a filament of surface area 20 cm2.The filament is raised to a temperature of 1727 °C.When a current passes through it. If Stefan’s constant is 5.7×108W/m2K4  and the emissivity of the filament is 0.5, the electric power (in W) being consumed to maintain this temperature is

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answer is 912.

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Detailed Solution

P=eσAT4P=0.5×5.7×108×20×104×(2000)4      =912×1084+12     =912w

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An electric bulb has a filament of surface area 20 cm2.The filament is raised to a temperature of 1727 °C.When a current passes through it. If Stefan’s constant is 5.7×10−8 W/m2K4  and the emissivity of the filament is 0.5, the electric power (in W) being consumed to maintain this temperature is