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Ice starts freezing in a lake with water at 0°C when the atmospheric temperature is -10°C. If the time taken for 1 cm of ice to be formed is 12 minutes, the time taken for the thickness of the ice to change from 1 cm to 2 cm will be:-

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Two materials having coefficients of thermal conductivity 3K and K and thickness d and 3d respectively, are joined to form a slab as shown in the figure. The temperatures of the outer surfaces are θ2 and θ1 respectively, θ2>θ1. The temperature at the interface is
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Two rods A and B of different materials are welded together as shown in figure. Their thermal conductivities are K1 and K2. The thermal conductivity of the composite rod will be

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Three rods of identical cross-sectional area and made from the same metal, form the sides of an isosceles triangle ABC right angled at B as shown in figure. The point A and B are maintained at temperature T and 2T respectively, in the steady state. Now, assuming that only heat conduction takes place. The temperature of point C will be
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A heat source at T=103 K is connected to another heat reservoir at T=102 K by a copper slab which is 1 m thick. Given that the thermal conductivity of copper is 0.1 W K-1 m-1, the energy flux through it in the steady-state is:
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Consider a pair of insulating blocks with thermal resistances R1, and R2 as shown in the figure. The temperature θ at the boundary between the two blocks is

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Three rods of Copper, Brass and Steel are welded together to form a Y-shaped structure. Area of cross-section of each rod is 4 cm2. End of copper rod is maintained at 100°C. Where as ends of brass and steel are kept at 0°C. Lengths of the copper, brass and steel rods are 46, 13 and 12 cms respectively. The rods are thermally insulated from surroundings except at ends. Thermal conductivities of copper, brass and steel are 0.92, 0.26 and 0.12 CGS units respectively. Rate of heat flow through copper rod is :
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In steady state heat conduction, the equations that determine the heat current jr [heat flowing per unit time per unit area] and temperature Tr in space are exactly the same as those governing the electric field Er and electrostatic potential Vr with the equivalence given in the table below.
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We exploit this equivalence to predict the rate Q of total heat flowing by conduction from the surfaces of spheres of varying radii, all maintained at the same temperature. If QRn, where R is the radius, then the value of n is
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A cylinder of radius R is surrounded by a cylindrical shell of inner radius R and outer radius 2R. The thermal conductivity of the material of the inner cylinder is K1 and that of the outer cylinder is K2. Assuming no loss of heat, the effective thermal conductivity of the system for heat flowing along the length of the cylinder is:
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The two ends of a metal rod are maintained at temperatures 100 °C and 110 °C . The rate of heat flow in the rod is found to be 4.0 J s-1 . If the ends are maintained at temperatures 200 °C and 210 °C , the rate of heat flow will be:
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Consider a ball of mass 100 g attached to one end of a spring k=800 N m-1 and immersed in 0.5 kg water. Assume the complete system is in thermal equilibrium. The spring is now stretched to 20 cm and the mass is released so that it vibrates up and down. Estimate the change in temperature of water before the vibrations stop.

(Specific heat of the material of the ball =400 J kg-1 K-1 and Specific heat of water =4200 J kg-1 K-1)

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Heat energy is incident on the surface of a material at the rate of 1000 J min-1. If the coefficient of absorption is 0.8 and the coefficient of reflection is 0.1, then the amount of heat energy transmitted through the material in 5 minutes is
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Three rods of same dimensions have thermal conductivities 3K, 2K and K. They are arranged as shown in the figure below. Then in the steady state the temperature of the junction 'P' is

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Three rods of identical cross-section and length are made of three different materials of thermal conductivity K1, K2 and K3, respectively. They are joined together at their ends to make a long rod (see figure). One end of the long rod is maintained at 100°C and the other at 0°C (see figure). If the joints of the rod are at 70°C and 20°C in steady and there is no loss of energy from the surface of the rod, the correct relationship between K1, K2 and K3 is :

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Three large identical plates are kept parallel to each other. The outer two plates are maintained at temperatures T and 2T, respectively. The temperature of the middle plate in steady state will be close to
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Prevost's theory of heat exchange is not applicable at temperature
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The freezer in a refrigerator is located at the top section so that
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Two rectangular blocks, having identical dimensions, can be arranged either in configuration  I or in configuration II as shown in the figure. One of the blocks has thermal conductivity K and the other 2 K . The temperature difference between the ends along the x-axis is the same in both the configurations. It takes 9 s to transport a certain amount of heat from the hot end to cold end in the configuration I . The time to transport the same amount of heat in the configuration II is

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Temperature difference of 120oC is maintained between two ends of a uniform rod AB of length 2L. Another bent rod PQ, of same cross-section as AB and length 3L2, is connected across AB (See figure). In steady state, temperature difference between P and Q will be close to:
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Six identical conducting rods are joined as shown in the figure. Points A and D are maintained at 200 oC and 20 oC, respectively. The temperature of junction B will be

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