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A lead bullet penetrates into a solid object and melts. Assuming that of its kinetic energy was used to heat it, calculate the initial speed of the bullet. The initial temperature of the bullet is and its melting point is . Latent heat of fusion of lead and specific heat capacity of lead.

Important Questions on Calorimetry and Heat Transfer
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A ball is dropped on a floor from a height of . After the collision, it rises up to a height of . Assume that of the mechanical energy lost goes as thermal energy into the ball. Calculate the rise in the temperature of the ball in the collision. The specific heat of the ball is [Take ].

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A ball is dropped on a floor from a height of . After the collision, it rises up to a height of . Assume that of the mechanical energy lost goes as thermal energy into the ball. Calculate the rise in the temperature of the ball in the collision. The specific heat of the ball is .

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A nuclear power plant generates of waste heat that must be carried away by water pumped from a lake. If the water temperature is to rise by , what is the required flow rate in ?

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The emissivity of tungsten is . A tungsten sphere with a radius of is suspended within a large evacuated enclosure whose walls are at . What power input is required to maintain the sphere at a temperature of , if heat conduction along the supports is neglected? Take .

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A pot with a steel bottom thick, rests on a hot stove. The area of the bottom of the pot is . The water inside the pot is at and are evaporated every . Find the temperature of the lower surface of the pot which is in contact with the stove. Take and .

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A carpenter builds an outer house wall with a layer of wood thick on the outside and a layer of an insulation thick as the inside wall surface. The wood has and the insulation has . The interior surface temperature is and the exterior surface temperature is .
(a) What is the temperature at the plane where the wood meets the insulation?
(b) What is the rate of heat flow per square metre through this wall?

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A closed thermally insulated vessel contains of water at . If air from this vessel is rapidly pumped out, intensive evaporation will produce cooling and as a result of this, water freezes. How much ice will be formed by this method, if latent heat of fusion is and of evaporation ?

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In a container of negligible mass, of ice, initially at , is added to of water that has a temperature of . If no heat is lost to the surroundings, what is the final temperature of the system and masses of water and ice in the mixture?
