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Explain the term thermal resistance. State its SI unit arid dimensions.

Important Questions on Thermal Properties of Matter

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How heat transfer occurs through radiation in absence of a medium? 
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Explain Newton's law of cooling.
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What is thermal stress? Give an example of disadvantages of thermal stress in practical use?
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Which materials can be used as thermal insulators and why?
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A glass flask has volume 1×10-4m3 • It is filled with a liquid at 30°C. If the temperature of the system is raised to 100°C, how much of the liquid will overflow. (Coefficient of volume expansion of glass is 1.2×10-5 (°C)-1 while that of the liquid is 75×10-5 (°C)-1
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Which will require more energy, heating a 2.0kg block of lead by 30K or heating a 4.0kg block of copper by 5K? (slead=128 JKg·K, scopper=387 JKg·K)
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Specific latent heat of vaporization of water is 2.26×106 JKg. Calculate the energy needed to change 5.0g of water into steam at 100°C
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A metal sphere cools at a rate of 0.05 °Cs when its temperature is 70°C and at the rate of 0.025 °Cs when its temperature is 50°C. Determine the temperature of the surroundings and find the rate of cooling when the temperature of the metal sphere is 40°C