INVERSE SQUARE LAW FOR HEAT

A Research Study Presented to the

Faculty of the Department of Chemical Engineering

School of Engineering and Architecture

Saint Louis University

In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree

Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering

By

Cano, Allen Jay G.

Baltazar, Aldriena Marie F.

Bautista, Divina Grace L.

Bayang, Rochelle Anne A.

Bobier, Leizl Jean M.

August 2019

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 TABLE OF CONTENTS

TITLE PAGE i

TABLE OF CONTENTS ii

LIST OF TABLES iii

LIST OF FIGURES iv

ABSTRACT v

Chapter 1: INTRODUCTION 1

Chapter 2: DESIGN AND METHODOLOGY 2

Chapter 3: RESULTS AND DISCUSSION 3

Chapter 4: CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATION 5

REFERENCES 6

APPENDICES

APPENDIX A: LIST AND USES OF APPARATUS 7

APPENDIX B: DEFINITION OF TERMS 8

APPENDIX C: COMPUTATIONS 9

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 LIST OF TABLES

Table 3.1 Data and Results on the Emissivity of Various Plates

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 LIST OF FIGURES

Figure 1.1 Intensity of Radiation Emitted by a Surface

Figure 2.1 Radiation Apparatus

Figure 3.1 Inverse Square Law of Heat

Figure 3.2 Linear Form of the Inverse Square Law of Heat

Figure 5.1 Linear Form of the Inverse Square Law of Heat

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 ABSTRACT

THE OBJECTIVES OF THE EXPERIMENT WERE TO FAMILIARIZE THE

INVERSE SQUARE LAW FOR HEATAND TO UNDERSTAND RADIATION
PROPERTIES BUT THE MAIN OBJECTIVE IS TO SHOW THAT THE
INTENSITY OF RADIATION ON A SURFACE IS INVERSELY PROPORTIONAL
TO THE SQUARE OF THE DISTANCE OF THE SURFACE FROM THE
RADIATION SOURCE. THE RELATIONSHIP OF THE INTENSITY OF
RADIATION AND THE DISTANCE IS RELATED BY THE INVERSE SQUARE
LAW. FOR THIS EXPERIMENT, A RADIATION APPARATUS WAS USED TO
MEASURE THE INTENSITY OF RADIATION. THE POSITION OF THE
RAIDOMETER WAS VARIED ACCORDINGLY ALONG THE HORIZONTAL
TRACK. THE STARTING POSITION OF THE RADIOMETER WAS 185 MM
FROM THE HEAT SOURCE. RESULTS OBTAINED SHOWED THAT AS THE
DISTANCE OF THE RADIOMETER FROM THE HEAT SOURCE IS
INCREASING, THE RADIOMETER READING DECREASES, WHICH PROVES
THE INVERSE RELATIONSHIP OF THE TWO VARIABLES. THE GRAPH FOR
THE DATA SHOWS A STRAIGHT LINE, WITH THE LOGARITHM OF THE
DISTANCE IN THE ABSCISSA, AND THE LOGARITHM OF THE MEASURED
RADIATION INTENSITY AS THE DEPENDENT VARIABLE.

Keywords: Inverse Square Law, Radiation, Radiometer