Q. “Good emitters are good absorbers” is a statement concluded from

A) Newton’s law of cooling
B) Stefan’s law of radiation
C) Provost’s theory
D) Kirchhoff’s law
Explanation

(d) According to Kirchhoff’s law the ratio of emissive power to absorptive power is same for all surfaces at the same temperature and is equal to the emissive power of a perfectly black body at that temperature
Hence, $\frac{e_{1}}{a_{1}} = \ \frac{e_{2}}{a_{2}} = \ldots\left\lbrack \frac{E}{A} \right\rbrack\ _{perfectly\ black\ body\ }$
Now, since ${(E\lambda)}_{black}$ is constant at a given temperature, this implies that good absorber is a good emitter (or radiator).

Dr. Abubacker
Reviewed by Dr. Abubacker

Physics Educator & NEET/JEE Specialist

Ph.D. in Physics with 19+ years of teaching experience.