Thermometry

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Thermometry: Overview

This topic covers concepts, such as, Heat, Thermometry, Constant Pressure Gas Thermometers & Callender's Compensated Gas Thermometer etc.

Important Questions on Thermometry

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A sample A of liquid water and a sample B of ice of identical mass are kept in two neighouring chambers in an otherwise insulated container. The chambers can exchange heat with each other. The graph of temperature of the two chambers is plotted with time. sice =Swater 2

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In romer scale, the boiling point of water is defined at _____ degrees.

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 The _____ of the scale was originally set to the temperature of freezing brine.

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In this scale, the zero was initially set using freezing brine.

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What is a Romer scale?

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In which of the following pairs of temperature scales, the size of the degree is identical?

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The temperature which has same numerical value on Celsius and Fahrenheit scale is:

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The temperature/s at which Centigrade thermometer and Kelvin thermometer gives the same reading is,

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The most commonly used gas used in a constant pressure gas thermometer is:

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Write two main advantages of a constant volume gas thermometer over the liquid thermometer.

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Classify the gas thermometers based on their principle of working.

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Discus the freezing point of water

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Describe various scales of measurement of the temperature.

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Define heat and temperature, Mention difference between them

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One end of a brass rod 2m long and 1 cm. radius is maintained at 250° C. When a steady state is reached, the rate of heat flow across any cross-section is 0.5 cals-1 What is the temperature of other end? k=0.26 cals-1cm-1°C-1.

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Convert the temperature 14 °F into Celsius.

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When the pressure on water is increased the boiling temperature of water as compared to 100°C will be

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The temperature of a steel rod is 330 K. Its temperature in °C is _____.

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Convert the temperature 100 °C into Fahrenheit.

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Convert the temperature 12 K into Celsius.