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A sample A of liquid water and a sample B of ice of identical mass are kept in two neighouring chambers in an otherwise insulated container. The chambers can exchange heat with each other. The graph of temperature of the two chambers is plotted with time. sice =Swater 2

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Important Questions on Thermal Properties of Matter

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A certain liquid has a melting point of -50°C and a boiling point of 150°C. A thermometer is designed with this liquid and its melting and boiling points are designated at 0°L and 100°L. The melting and boiling points of water on this scale are
 
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Two rods A and B of different materials are welded together as shown in figure. Their thermal conductivities are K1 and K2. The thermal conductivity of the composite rod will be

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Consider a ball of mass 100 g attached to one end of a spring k=800 N m-1 and immersed in 0.5 kg water. Assume the complete system is in thermal equilibrium. The spring is now stretched to 20 cm and the mass is released so that it vibrates up and down. Estimate the change in temperature of water before the vibrations stop.

(Specific heat of the material of the ball =400 J kg-1 K-1 and Specific heat of water =4200 J kg-1 K-1)

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The vapour pressure vs. temperature curve for a solution solvent system is shown below.

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The boiling point of the solvent is _____°C.

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Name the physical quantity which is measured in calories. How is calorie related to the SI unit of that quantity?
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Identify which liquid will have a higher vapour pressure at 90 if the boiling points of two liquids A and B are 140 and 180°C, respectively.
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A sphere, a cube and a thin circular plate are of the same material and of the same mass are initially heated to the same temperature. Which one of the following statement is correct?
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The readings of a constant volume gas thermometer at 0°C and 100°C are 40cm of mercury and 60 cm of mercury. If its reading at an unknown temperature is 100cm of mercury column, then the temperature is
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Normal boiling point TN is defined as the temperature when the vapour pressure of a liquid becomes equal to 1 atm and the standard boiling point TS is defined as the temperature at which the vapour pressure of a liquid becomes equal to 1 bar. Which one is not correct with regard to water?
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The boiling point of C6H6, CH3OH, C6H5NH2 and C6H5NO2 are 80°C, 65°C, 184°C and 212°C, respectively. Which one will show the highest vapour pressure at room temperature?
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The electrical resistance in ohms of a certain thermometer varies with temperature according to the approximate law:

R=Ro1+αT-To
The resistance is 101.6 Ω at the triple-point of water 273.16 K, and 165.5 Ω at the normal melting point of lead 600.5 K. What is the temperature when the resistance is 123.4 Ω?

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Represent the union of two sets by Venn diagram for each of the following.

X={x | x is a prime number between 80 and 100}

Y={y | y is an odd number between 90 and 100}

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Two similar thermocouples made up of similar metals A and B are connected through a key K and sensitive galvanometer G as shown in the figure. One of the thermocouple is dipped in a hot bath maintained at temperature t2 and other one in a cold bath at a temperature t1. When the key K is pressed a deflection is seen in the galvanometer because:

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Three different liquids A, B and C of equal masses at a temperature of 12oC, 19oC and 28oC respectively are mixed. When liquid A and B are mixed temperature is 16oC . When B and C are mixed attains 23oC . The temperature when A and C are mixed is
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One junction of a thermocouple is at a particular temperature Tr and another is at T. Its thermo EMF is expressed as E=kT-Tr{T0-12T+Tr}.
At temperature T=T02, the value of thermo electric power will be,
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The highest temperature among the following is
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The pair of boiling point and compound are given as,

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Which will show lowest vapour pressure at room temperature?

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Using the following information determine the boiling point of a mixture contains 1560 g benzene and 1125 g chlorobenzene, when the external pressure is 1000 torr. Assume the solution is ideal.
Given, Molar mass of benzene = 78

Molar mass of chlorobenzene = 112.5
 
Temperature
(0oC)
Vapour pressure of benzene
(torr)
Vapour pressure of chlorobenznee (torr)
      80              750               120
      90             1000               200
     100             1350               300
     110             1800               400
     120             2200               540
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The coefficient of linear expansions of brass and steel are α1 and α2 respectively. When we take a brass rod of length l1 and steel rod of length l2 at 0o C , then the difference in their lengths l2-l1 will remain the same at all temperatures if
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On an X temperature scale, water freezes at –125.0° X and boils at 375.0° X. On a Y temperature scale, water freezes at –70.0° Y and boils at –30.0° Y. The value of temperature on X-scale equal to the temperature of 50.0°Y on Y-scale is