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A glass flask of volume one litre at is filled, level full of mercury at this temperature. The flask and mercury are now heated to . How much mercury will spill out, if the coefficient of volume expansion of mercury is and linear expansion of glass is respectively?

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A metal ball immersed in alcohol weighs at and at . The coefficient of cubical expansion of the metal is less than that of alcohol. Assuming that the density of the metal is large compared to that of alcohol, it can be shown that

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An iron tyre is to be fitted on to a wooden wheel in diameter. The diameter of tyre is smaller than that of wheel. The tyre should be heated so that its temperature increases by a minimum of (the coefficient of cubical expansion of iron is )

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A steel scale measures the length of a copper wire as , when both are at (the calibration temperature for scale). What would be the scale reading for the length of the wire when both are at ? (Given, and )

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A piece of metal weighs in air. When it is immersed in a liquid of specific gravity at , it weighs . When the temperature of the liquid is raised to , the metal piece weight . If the specific gravity of the liquid at is then, the linear expansion of the metal will be,

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In a vertical U-tube containing a liquid, the two arms are maintained at different temperatures and . The liquid columns in the two arms have heights and , respectively. The coefficient of volume expansion of the liquid is equal to

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A uniform metallic rod rotates about its perpendicular bisector with constant angular speed. If it is heated uniformly to raise its temperature slightly, then

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An aluminium sphere is dipped into water. Which of the following is true?

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A lead bullet of travelling at strikes against a block of wood and comes to rest. Assuming of heat is absorbed by the bullet, the increase in its temperature is
(Specific heat of lead, )
