
A metallic scale reads correctly at . At , the correct reading will be


Important Questions on Thermal Expansion
A thin copper wire of length increases in length by if temperature is changed from to . What will be the percentage increase of area of a thin copper plate of area at the same change of temperature?


A pendulum clock having copper rod keeps correct time at . It gains seconds per day if cooled to . The coefficient of linear expansion of copper is



Two rods of different materials having coefficients of thermal expansion and 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

A steel metre scale is to be ruled so that the millimetre intervals are accurate to about at a certain temperature. The maximum temperature variation allowed during ruling is (the co-efficient of linear expansion of steel

When the temperature of a rod increases from to , the moment of inertia of the rod increases from to. If the coefficient of linear expansion of the rod is , the ratio of is
