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Why are cooling pipes of a refrigerator are blackened?

Updated: 8/18/2019
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Radiation is more effectively emitted by a black-body (absorbs all light) source, just as it is more effectively absorbed. If the effectiveness of emission and absorption were different, you'd violate the second law of thermodynamics. Short answer, black radiates heat away more effectively.

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