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- Homework Statement
- The human body emits heat radiation. At the same time, body receives heat radiation from the environment. If the ambient temperature is lower than the body temperature there will be a net loss of heat.
Someone has a skin area of 1.8 m2 and a skin temperature of 32 Celsius degrees. The ambient temperature is 15 C.
- Calculate the net heat loss in joule for one hour.
- Relevant Equations
- Stefan-Boltzmann's Law --- P= (S-B constant)*A*T^4
wavelength-max= (wiens constant)/T
This question is in a unit about emission and absorption, Atomic Physics
So far, I calculated the Power that the person gives off which is by using the S-B law formula.
P= (s-b constant)*1.8*305K^4= 883 W (or Joules per second)
for the ambient i used the same formula and found P= 702 W
I tried to take the difference in these and divide it it by 60 to find joules per hour but the answer is wrong.
I am not sure which way i should go. I thought about Wiens law to find the max wavelength of each places and apply this to E=hf= hc/wavelength. Then just take the difference between them. would that be a correct way?
So far, I calculated the Power that the person gives off which is by using the S-B law formula.
P= (s-b constant)*1.8*305K^4= 883 W (or Joules per second)
for the ambient i used the same formula and found P= 702 W
I tried to take the difference in these and divide it it by 60 to find joules per hour but the answer is wrong.
I am not sure which way i should go. I thought about Wiens law to find the max wavelength of each places and apply this to E=hf= hc/wavelength. Then just take the difference between them. would that be a correct way?