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An iron boiler is 1 cm thick and has a heating area of 2 m2. The two surfaces of the boiler are at 234°C and 100°C respectively. If, the latent heat of steam is 536 kcal kg-1 and thermal conductivity of iron is 1.6×10-2 kcal s-1 m-1 °C-1, then how much water will be evaporated into steam per minute?

Important Questions on Thermal Conduction

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Two rods of same metal and of same cross-section have lengths 0.5 m and 0.8 m. The temperature difference across the ends of the first rod is 40°C. Find the temperature difference across the second rod, if the rate of heat conduction is equal in both the rods.
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The temperature difference between the two ends of a bar 1.0 m long is 50°C and that for the other bar 1.25 m long 75°C. Both the bars have same area of cross-section. If the rates of conduction of heat in the two bars are the same, find the ratio of the coefficients of thermal conductivity of the materials of the two bars. If both the bars are of same metal, find the ratio of the rates of heat conduction in them.
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Three thermometers A, B and C read respectively 36°C, 32°C and 27°C. A lies between the body and vest of a man, B between vest and the shirt and C between the shirt and the coat. If the vest and the shirt are equally thick, calculate the ratio of their thermal conductivities.
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The ratio of the areas of cross-section of two rods of different materials is 1 : 2 and the ratio of the thermal conductivities of their materials is 4 : 3. On keeping equal temperature-difference between the ends of these rods, the rate of conduction of heat are equal. Determine the ratio of the lengths of the rods.
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Two vessels of different materials are identical in size and shape. Both are filled with equal masses of boiled water and are placed on the same heater. If thermal conductivities of the metals of the vessels be 5×10-2 and 3×10-2 k cal s-1m-1°C-1 respectively, then calculate the ratio of the timings taken by the water in the vessels to convert into steam.
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The plane surfaces of two sheets of different metals are kept in contact with each other. The thicknesses of sheets are 2.5 cm and 3.0 cm respectively and the ratio of their thermal conductivities in the same order is 5 : 6. If the outer surfaces of the sheets are at constant temperatures of 100°C and 10°C respectively, calculate the temperature of interface.
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A composite wall of area A is made of equal thicknesses of lead and iron having thermal conductivities K and 2K respectively. The temperatures on the two sides of the composite wall are 100°C and 0°C with the lead layer on the hotter side. Calculate the steady-state temperature of the lead-iron interface.
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Two plates of equal areas are placed in contact with each other. Their thicknesses are 2.0 and 3.0 cm respectively. The temperature of the external surface of the first plate is -25°C and that of the external surface of the second plate is 25°C. What will be the temperature of the contact-surface, if the plates are of the same material.