An ideal black body is one which absorbs all the incident radiation without reflecting or transmitting any part of it. Black lamp absorbs approximately 96% of incident radiation.
An ideal black body can be realized in practice by a small hole in the wall of a hollow body (as shown in figure) which is at uniform temperature. Any radiation entering the hollow body through the holes suffers a number of reflections and ultimately gets completely absorbed. This can be facilitated by coating the interior surface with black so that about 96% of the radiation is absorbed at each reflection. The portion of the interior surface opposite lo the hole is made conical to avoid the escape of reflected ray after one reflection.
Which of the following is best close to an ideal black body?
NEET UG 2002 — Physics Thermodynamics
Which of the following is best close to an ideal black body?
Held on 30 Apr 2002 · Verified 9 Jul 2026.
Options
- A
Black lamp
- B
Cavity maintained at constant temperature
- C
Platinum black
- D
A lamp of charcoal heated to high temperature
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