I'm not a physicist ... or very smart. But it seems like what you're asking is if/whether there are any other paths, other than heat and light for energy to escape. If not, then you're right. If so, then not. But I suspect if there are any other escape paths, they will be larger in the incandescent bulb than the fluorescent bulb. And if that's the case, then the CFB would rise _more_, because the incandescent's hidden paths consume more energy than the CFB's hidden paths.
An example hidden path might be the decay of the filament? Absorption/reflection/dissipation rates of the opaque material? Perhaps some sort of "thermal mass" of the bulb or its coating(s)? Does the gas inside CFBs decay in any way? Etc. Regardless, I suspect it would be tiny in either case. On 02/14/2017 07:01 AM, Gary Schiltz wrote: > Since there are some non-naïve, i.e. professional physicists, as well as > just gererally smart people in FRIAM, I pose the following fun question. > Given: two transparent, sealed containers filled with air - one contains an > incandescent light bulb A that consumes 100 watts of energy; the other > container contains a fluorescent light bulb B that also *consumes* 100 > watts of energy. Since B is of a more efficient design, it will produce > more light than A. Assuming the same color temperature light is produced by > A and B, and ignoring any feedback effects of rising temperatures inside > the respective containers, will the temperatures inside the containers > reach the same temperature? Naïve physicist G (me) thinks that since more > light is escaping from the container containing B, that its temperature > will rise less. G also thinks that if the containers are opaque, that the > temperatures will rise by the same amount. But G is besieged with doubts. > Please help G. -- ☣ glen ============================================================ FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College to unsubscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com FRIAM-COMIC http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/ by Dr. Strangelove