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A black coloured solid sphere of radius R and mass M is inside a cavity with a vacuum inside. The walls of the cavity are maintained at temperature…

JEE Main 2014 — Physics Thermodynamics

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A black coloured solid sphere of radius RRR and mass MMM is inside a cavity with a vacuum inside. The walls of the cavity are maintained at temperature T0{T}_{0}T0​. The initial temperature of the sphere is 3T03{T}_{0}3T0​. If the specific heat of the material of the sphere varies as αT3\alpha {T}^{3}αT3 per unit mass with the temperature TTT of the sphere, where α\alphaα is a constant, then the time taken for the sphere to cool down to temperature 2T02{T}_{0}2T0​ will be

(σ\sigmaσ is Stefan Boltzmann constant)

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Held on 19 Apr 2014 · Verified 6 Jul 2026.

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  1. A

    Mα16πR2σln(32)\frac{M\alpha }{16\pi {R}^{2}\sigma }\mathrm{ln}(\frac{3}{2})16πR2σMα​ln(23​)

  2. B

    Mα16πR2σln(163)\frac{M\alpha }{16\pi {R}^{2}\sigma }\mathrm{ln}(\frac{16}{3})16πR2σMα​ln(316​)

  3. C

    Mα4πR2σln(32)\frac{M\alpha }{4\pi {R}^{2}\sigma }\mathrm{ln}(\frac{3}{2})4πR2σMα​ln(23​)

  4. D

    Mα4πR2σln(163)\frac{M\alpha }{4\pi {R}^{2}\sigma }\mathrm{ln}(\frac{16}{3})4πR2σMα​ln(316​)

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