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An electric kettle takes 4 A current at 220 V. How much time will it take to boil 1 kg of water from temperature 20°C? The temperature of boiling water is 100°C.

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Time taken by a 836 W heater to heat one litre of water from 10 °C to 40 °C is
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2 liters water at 27 °C is heated by a 1 kW heater in an open container. On average heat is lost to surroundings at the rate 160 J s-1. The time required for the temperature to reach 77 °C is (The specific heat of water 4.2 J g-1 °C-1)
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A piece of ice (heat capacity =2100 J kg-1C-1 and latent heat =3.36×105 J kg-1) of mass m grams is at -5°C at atmospheric pressure. It is given 420 J of heat so that the ice starts melting. Finally when the ice-water mixture is in equilibrium, it is found that 1gm of ice has melted. Assuming there is no other heat exchange in the process, the value of m is :
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Two large holes are cut in a metal sheet. If this is heated, distances AB and BC, (as shown)

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A steel scale is to be prepared such that the millimeter intervals are to be accurate within 6×10-5mm. Find the maximum variation of temperature from the temperature of calibration during the reading of the millimeter marks is α=12×10-6K-1
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If a bimetallic strip is heated, it will 
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Two holes of unequal diameters d1 and d2 d1>d2 are cut in a metal sheet. If the sheet is heated-