
An ice cube of dimensions is placed in an insulation box of wall thickness . The box keeping the ice cube at of temperature is brought to a room of temperature . The rate of melting of ice is approximately: (Latent heat of fusion of ice is and thermal conduction of insulation wall is )


Important Questions on Thermal Properties of Matter
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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Heat energy of is given to ice of mass at , Specific heat of ice is , and the latent heat of ice is . Consider the statements below.
(A) Final temperature of the system will be
(B) Final temperature of the system will be greater than
(C) The final system will have a mixture of ice and water in the ratio of
(D) The final system will have a mixture of ice and water in the ratio of
(E) The final system will have water only
Choose the correct answer from the options given below :

