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JEE Advanced
IMPORTANT
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(a) An aluminium measuring rod which is correct at 5 °C, measures a certain distance as 88.42 cm at 35 °C. Determine the error in measuring the distance due to the expansion of the rod.αaluminium=2.4×10-5 °C-1
(b) If this aluminium rod measures a length of steel as 88.42 cm at 35 °C, what is the correct length of the steel at 35 °C?

Important Questions on Thermometry, Thermal Expansion and Kinetic Theory of Gases

EASY
JEE Advanced
IMPORTANT
A steel tape is calibrated at 20 °C. On a cold day when the temperature is -15 °C, what will be the percentage error in the tape?αsteel=1.2×10-5 0C-1
MEDIUM
JEE Advanced
IMPORTANT
A vessel is filled with an ideal gas at a pressure of 20 atm and is at a temperature of 27 °C. One-half of the mass is removed from the vessel and the temperature of the remaining gas is increased to 87 °C. At this temperature, find the pressure of the gas.
MEDIUM
JEE Advanced
IMPORTANT
A vessel contains a mixture of 7 g of nitrogen and 11 g of carbon dioxide at temperature T=290 K. If the pressure of the mixture is 1 atm=1.01×105 N m-2, calculate its density (R=8.31 J mol-1 K-1)
MEDIUM
JEE Advanced
IMPORTANT
An electric bulb of the volume 250 cm3 was sealed off during manufacture at a pressure of 10-3 mm of mercury at 27 °C. Compute the number of air molecules contained in the bulb. Given that R=8.31 J mol-1 K-1 and NA=6.02×1023 per mol.
EASY
JEE Advanced
IMPORTANT
For a given mass of gas what is the shape of p versus 1V graph at constant temperature?
EASY
JEE Advanced
IMPORTANT
For a given mass of a gas, what is the shape of pV versus T graph in the isothermal process?