Temperature Inside Vacuum Can

Most recent answer: 03/28/2015

Q:
Say I have a can or a tube that holds a vacuum (I know it won't be a perfect vacuum, but whatever the best we achieve in lab today is), then I heat the can or tube up from the outside (say with a flame), would the temperature inside the vacuum rise or stay the same (knowing also that it won't be zero kelvin to begin with)?
- Gaston (age 42)
USA
A:

Also Yes, the temperature of the electromagnetc radiation inside will go up.

We've discussed this effect recently:
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Also, some of our old answers are relevant:
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Mike W.

 


(published on 03/28/2015)