
A unit scale is to be prepared whose length does not change with temperature and remains , using a bimetallic strip made of brass and iron each of different length. The length of both components would change in such a way that difference between their lengths remains constant. If length of brass is and length of iron will be _____ .
and .


Important Questions on Thermal Properties of Matter
A block of ice of mass at temperature is put in of water at . The of ice melts as the temperature of the water reaches . The value of is
[Use: Specific heat capacity of water , Latent heat of ice ]


If and are the thermal conductivities and are the lengths and and are the cross sectional areas of steel and copper rods respectively such that . Then, for the arrangement as shown in the figure. The value of temperature of the steel - copper junction in the steady state will be




The graph between two temperature scales and is shown in the figure. Between upper fixed point and lower fixed point there are equal divisions of scale and divisions on scale . The relationship for conversion between the two scales is given by :
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