574 IVd. Heat Transfer: Thermal Radiation
3.1. Characteristics of Real Surfaces, Emissivity
For real surfaces we then define spectral directional emissivity, which implies that
the emissivity from a real surface depends both on direction and on the wave-
length. The spectral directional emissivity,
ε
λ,φ
(
λ
,
θ
,
φ
, T) is defined as the ratio of
the radiation intensity emitted from a real surface having temperature T, at wave-
length
λ
in the direction
θ
and
ϕ
, to the radiation intensity of a blackbody at tem-
perature T and wavelength
λ
:
),(
),,,(
),,,(
,
,
,
TI
TI
T
b
e
λ
ϕθλ
ϕθλε
λ
λ
φλ
=
IVd.3.1
Expectedly, for real surfaces emissivity is always less than unity. Since a black-
body is a diffuse emitter, no directional dependency appears in the denominator of
Equation IVd.3.1. To facilitate analysis, we eliminate directional dependence
from the numerator by finding an average value for
ε
λ
,
φ
over all directions:
³³
³³
³³
³³
==
ππ
ππ
λ
ππ
λ
ππ
λ
λ
θϕϕϕ
θϕϕϕϕθλε
θϕϕϕλ
θϕϕϕϕθλ
λε
2
0
2/
0
2
0
2/
0
,
2
0
2/
0
,
2
0
2/
0
,
]cossin[
]cossin),,,([
]cossin),([
]cossin),,,([
),(
dd
ddT
ddTI
ddTI
T
e
b
e
where we replaced the intensity, ),,,(
,
TI
e
ϕθλ
λ
in the numerator from Equa-
tion IVd.3.1 by substituting for
),(),,,(),,,(
,,,
TITTI
be
λϕθλεϕθλ
λφλλ
= and by
canceling I
λ
,b
(
λ
, T) from both numerator and denominator. For most surfaces,
),,,(
,
T
ϕθλε
ϕλ
is not a strong function of
θ
. Hence, we can reasonably assume
that
),,,(
,
T
ϕθλε
ϕλ
≅ ),,(
,
T
ϕλε
ϕλ
. Making this assumption and carrying out
the integral we get:
³
=
2/
0
,
cossin),,(2),(
π
λλ
ϕϕϕϕλελε
dTT
e
IVd.3.2
We may also define a spectral hemispheric emission as:
),(
),(
),(
,
TE
TE
T
b
λ
λ
λε
λ
λ
λ
=
IVd.3.3
using this definition, we may find the total hemispherical emissive power,
ε
(T) by
using Equations IVd.1.3 :
)(
),(),(
)(
)(
)(
0
,
TE
dTET
TE
TE
T
b
b
b
³
∞
==
λλλε
ε
λλ
IVd.3.4
Emissivity in general varies not only with temperature but also with such surface
conditions as roughness, texture, color, degree of oxidation, and any coating. The
above successive definitions allowed us to express emissivity only in terms of
temperature. Emissivity for various materials and surface coatings are obtained