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radiant efficiency

noun

  1. the ratio of the power emitted by a source of radiation to the power consumed by it ηe
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See Polymerization of acetylene blowpipe, flame, of dissociation of acetylene, of ignition of acetylene, various gases, of reaction between carbide and calcium hydroxide, between carbide and water, Temperatures in generators, calculation of, determination of, Tension of liquid acetylene, Test-papers, Tetrachlorethane, production of, Tetrachloride, acetylene, production of, Thawing of frozen apparatus, Thermo-chemical data, Thermo-couple, Le Chatelier's, Thomson, radiant efficiency of acetylene, thermo-chemical data, Tools, steel or iron, danger of, Town supplies, Toxicity of acetylene, of sulphur and phosphorus compounds, Train-lighting by acetylene, Treated carbide.

See Residues Spontaneous inflammability, Spraying apparatus, Stable manure for warming generators, Stadelmann burners, Standard of illumination in rooms, of light, acetylene as, Steam, latent heat of, use of, specific heat of, reaction between carbide and, Steam-barrel for acetylene mains, Steatite for burners, Steel, heat-conducting power of, tools, danger of Sterilisation of air by flames, Stewart and Hoxie, radiant efficiency of acetylene, Storage regulations for carbide, vessels for carbide, temporary, Styrolene. formation of, from acetylene, Suckert.

Naphey burners, Naphthalene, formation of, from acetylene, Neuberg, illuminating power of acetylene,   radiant efficiency of acetylene, Nieuwland, mixtures of acetylene and chlorine, Nichols, illuminating power of acetylene after storage,   temperature of acetylene flame, Nickel and acetylene, reactions between, Nipples, burner, materials for, Nitrides in carbide, Nitrogen in flames, effect of, Non-automatic generators.

Radiant efficiency of acetylene,   heat, Railway lighting by acetylene, Ramie mantles for acetylene, Range of explosibility, meaning of term,     of acetylene, Rat-tail burner, Reactions between copper and acetylene,   chemical, of acetylene,   physical, of acetylene, Reaction grids in generators, Read and Jacobs.

Numerous investigators have studied the optical or radiant efficiency of artificial lights, i.e., the proportion of the total heat plus light energy emitted by the flame which is produced in the form of visible light.

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