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The surface temperature of the photosphere of the Sun isapproximately 5000K. Yet the maximum temperature achieved by a flatsolar thermal collector is only about
400K. Why?

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Physics: Principles with Applications
7th Edition, 2013
Giancoli
ISBN: 9780321625922

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