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11th West Bengal Board
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Two vessels made of different materials are identical in size and wall-thickness. They are filled with equal quantities of ice at 0C. Compare the coefficients of thermal conductivity of the materials of the vessels. When the ice melts completely in 10 and 25 minutes respectively.

Important Questions on Heat Transfer

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11th West Bengal Board
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A cylindrical rod with one end in a steam chamber and the other end in ice results in melting of 0.1 gm of ice per second. If the rod is replaced by another rod with half the length and double the radius of the first and if the thermal conductivity of the material of the second rod is 0.25 times that of first, the rate at which ice melts in gm/second will be :

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In the steady state of temperature at the end of a copper rod of length 25cm and area of cross-section 1.0cm2 are 125C and 0C respectively. Calculate the temperature gradient, rate of heat flow and the temperature at a distance 10cm from the hot end. [K for copper =9.2×10-3 kilocal/m Cs]

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11th West Bengal Board
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Calculate the rate of loss of heat through a glass window of area1000cm2 and thickness 0.4 cm when temperature inside is 37°C and outside is 5°Cco-efficient of thermal conductivity of glass 2.2×10-3 cal/cm/kg.
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11th West Bengal Board
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Latent heat of vaporization of water=226×106 Jkg-1. when water is boiled in a container having a bottom of surface area 25cm2, thickness 10mm and thermal conductivity 50 Wm-10C-1. 100g of water is converted into steam per minute in the steady state after the boiling starts. Assuming that no heat is lost to the atmosphere, calculate the temperature of the lower surface of the bottom.

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A cubical vessel of side 10 cm is filled with ice at 0°C and is immersed in water bath as 100°C. If thickness of walls of vessel is 0.2 cm and conductivity is 0.02 C.G.S units then time in which all the ice melts is (Density of ice=0.9 gm/cc)
MEDIUM
11th West Bengal Board
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The area of glass of a window of a room is 10 m2 and thickness is 2mm. The outer and inner temperatures are 40°C and 20°C respectively. Thermal conductivity of glass in S.I unit is 0.2. The heat flowing in the room per second will be :

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11th West Bengal Board
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A thermally isolated vessel contains 100gof water at 0°C When air above the wall pumped out, some of the water freezes and some evaporates at 0°C itself. Calculate the number of the ice formed if no water is left in the vessel. Latent heat of vaporization of water 0°C=×106Jkg1 and latent heat of fusion of ice =3.36×105Jkg1

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A slab of stone of area 3600 cm2 and thickness 10 cm is exposed on the lower surface to steam at 100°C. A block of ice at 0°C rests on the upper surface of the slab. In one hour, 4.8 kg of ice is melted. The thermal conductivity of the stone in JS-1m-1K-1. Latent heat of ice =3.36×105Jkg-1.