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A metallic scale reads correctly at θ=1°C. At θ°C, the correct reading will be

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Important Questions on Thermal Expansion

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A thin copper wire of length l increases in length by 1% if temperature is changed from θ1 to θ2. What will be the percentage increase of area of a thin copper plate of 2l×l area at the same change of temperature?

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The volume of a block changes by 0.12% when the temperature changes by 20°C. The coefficient of linear expansion of the metal is
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A pendulum clock having copper rod keeps correct time at 20°C. It gains 15 seconds per day if cooled to 0°C. The coefficient of linear expansion of copper is

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A steel metre scale is correct at 0°C. The reading obtained for the length of a rod at 15°C by this scale is 50 cm. The real length of the rod at that temperature is
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Three zinc rods form an isosceles triangle. On increasing the temperature the base angles of the triangle will
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Two rods of different materials having coefficients of thermal expansion α1 and α2 are fixed between two rigid and massive walls. The rods are heated to the same temperature. If there is no bending of the rods, the thermal stress developed in them are equal provided

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A steel metre scale is to be ruled so that the millimetre intervals are accurate to about 5×105 mm at a certain temperature. The maximum temperature variation allowed during ruling is (the co-efficient of linear expansion of steel =10×106 K1)

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When the temperature of a rod increases from t to t+t, the moment of inertia of the rod increases from I toI+I. If the coefficient of linear expansion of the rod is α, the ratio of II is