Heat Transfer

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Heat Transfer: Overview

This topic covers concepts, such as, Thermal Conduction, The Steady State Heat Flow, Rate of Cooling and Stefan's Law & Temperature Variation in Deserts etc.

Important Questions on Heat Transfer

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Two rods of copper and brass (KC> KB) of same length and area of cross-section are joined as shown. End A is kept a 100°C and end B at 0°C . The temperature at the junction

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Find the equivalent conductivity

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Three rods A, B and C of the same length and same cross-sectional area are joined as shown. Their thermal conductivities are in the ratio 1:2:1.5. If the open ends of A and C are at 200 °C and 18 °C respectively, the temperature at the junction of A & B in equilibrium is-

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For a black body maintained at temperature, T0 K the maximum radiation occurs at wavelength λ0. If the temperature is raised to32T0 K, corresponding wavelength is λ1. If, λ0-λ1=3000  Å , then value of λ0, is

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Two plates A and B have thermal conductivities 84 W m-1 K-1 and 126 W m-1 K-1 respectively. They have same surface area and same thickness. They are placed in contact along their surfaces. If the temperatures of the outer surfaces of  A and B are kept at 100C and 0C respectively, then the temperature of the surface of contact in steady state is_____ C.

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For an object radiating heat at 300 K, the wavelength corresponding to maximum intensity is λ. If the temperature of body is increased by 300 K, the new wavelength corresponding to maximum intensity will be

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Two spherical objects A&B are at temperature TA, TB. If EA and EB are the power radiated by body A and B, then value of EAEB will be (given temperatures TA=2TB, Radius 2RA = RB, eA= 0.5eBeAand eB are the emissivity of A and B)

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The ratio of emissivities of two bodies is e1e2=181. Bodies have same surface area and emit total radiant power at the same rate. Find the ratio of wavelengths corresponding to maximum spectral radiance λ1λ2

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There are two parallel infinite black sheets maintained at temperatures T1 (K) and T2 (K). The temperature of a third, identical sheet placed midway and parallel to the sheets at equilibrium will be:

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A perfectly black body having area 1cm2 is heated to a temperature 1000 K. The amount of energy radiated by it in 1 s is (in J)

(Stefan' constant=5.67×10-8 W m-2 K-2)

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When the temperature of a black body increases by 0.1%, the wavelength corresponding to maximum emission changes by 0.13 μm. The initial wavelength corresponding to maximum emission is:

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When 150 g of ice at 0°C is mixed with 300 g of water at 50°C in a container, the resulting temperature is

Lf=3.34×105 J kg-1, Sw=4186 J Kg-1 K-1

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A solid iron sphere and a hollow iron sphere, both have the same mass and are at the same temperature. When placed in a colder surrounding, the heat loss per unit time will be 

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A tungsten lamp at a temperature of 3000 K has surface area of 0.3 cm2. If the lamp has emissivity of 0.4, the rate of heat radiated is
 

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A metal vessel of negligible heat capacity contains 0.5 kg of water (of specific heat capacity 4200 J kg-1K-1). It is heated from 15°C to 85°C by 750 W immersion heater in 4 minutes. The average loss of heat in watts to the surroundings from the vessel during this time is nearly: 

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Three identical rods of same metal are connected as shown in figure. In steady state the temperature T is 
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Two spheres of radii r1 and r2 have densities ρ1 and ρ2 and specific heats C1 and C2 respectively. If they are heated to the same temperature, the ratio of their rates of fall of temperature in the same surroundings will be

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n moles of a monoatomic gas at temperature T1 is trapped under a piston having area A, length l, density ρ and thermal conductivity K. P0 and T0 are pressure and temperature of the atmosphere. Find length of the gas column as a function of time. Neglect friction and heat loss through the walls of container and sides of piston.

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If the absolute temperature of a black body is doubled the percentage increase in the rate of loss of heat by radiation is

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Why is the mode of heat transfer in Mercury is by conduction although it is a liquid?