
A liquid of density flows through a calorimeter at the rate of . Heat is added by means of a electric heating coil and a temperature difference of is established in steady-state conditions between the inflow and the outflow points of the liquid. The specific heat for the liquid will be ( )


Important Questions on Thermometry, Thermal Expansion and Calorimetry

The densities of wood and benzene at are and , respectively, The coefficients of volume expansion of wood is and of benzene . The temperature at which a piece of this wood would just sink in benzene at the same temperature is




The length of a steel rod exceeds that of a brass rod by . If the difference in their lengths remains same at all temperatures, then the length of brass rod will be: ( for iron and brass are and , respectively)


The apparent coefficient of expansion of a liquid when heated, filled in vessel and of identical volumes, is found to be and , respectively. If be the linear expansivity of then that of will be

A glass vessel is filled up to 3/5th of its volume by mercury. If the volume expansivities of glass and mercury be 9 x 10-6/oC and 18 x 10-5/oC, respectively, then the coefficient of apparent expansion of mercury is
