
A lead bullet penetrates into a solid object and melts. Assuming that of its kinetic energy is used to heat it, the initial speed of bullet is
(Given, initial temperature of the bullet ,
Melting point of the bullet ,
Latent heat of fusion of lead ,
Specific heat capacity of lead )

Important Questions on Thermal Properties of Matter
As per the given figure, two plates and of thermal conductivity and are joined together to form a compound plate. The thickness of plates are and respectively and the area of cross-section is for each plate. The equivalent thermal conductivity of the compound plate is , then the value of will be _____ .

(Given: coefficient of linear thermal expansion of gold )

A unit scale is to be prepared whose length does not change with temperature and remains , using a bimetallic strip made of brass and iron each of different length. The length of both components would change in such a way that difference between their lengths remains constant. If length of brass is and length of iron will be _____ .
and .

A block of ice of mass at temperature is put in of water at . The of ice melts as the temperature of the water reaches . The value of is
[Use: Specific heat capacity of water , Latent heat of ice ]


If and are the thermal conductivities and are the lengths and and are the cross sectional areas of steel and copper rods respectively such that . Then, for the arrangement as shown in the figure. The value of temperature of the steel - copper junction in the steady state will be


