Question: Liquid helium is stored at its boiling point (4.2 K) in a spherical can that is separated by a vacuum space from a surrounding shield

Liquid helium is stored at its boiling point (4.2 K) in a spherical can that is separated by a vacuum space from a surrounding shield that is maintained at the temperature of liquid nitrogen (77 K). If the can is 30 cm in diameter and is blackened on the outside so that it acts as a blackbody, how much helium boils away per hour?

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