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Two identical calorimeters of negligible heat capacities are filled with two liquids A and B whose densities are in the ratio 4:3. The ratio of times taken in cooling from 80 oC to 75 oC is 5:6. The ratio of their specific heats is

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What is the temperature at which we get the same reading, on both the Centigrade and Fahrenheit scales?
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A centigrade and a Fahrenheit thermometer are dipped in boiling water. The water temperature is lowered until the Fahrenheit thermometer registers 140 oF. What is the fall in temperature as registered by the centigrade thermometer?
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Two large holes are cut in a metal sheet, as shown below. If this is heated, distance AB and BC

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A steel scale is to be prepared such that the millimeter intervals are to be accurate within 6×10-5 mm. The maximum temperature variation from the temperature of calibration during the reading of the millimeter marks is α=12×10-6 K-1
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A pendulum clock has an iron pendulum 1 m long αiron =10-5 oC-1. If the temperature rises by 10 °C, the clock
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Two rods having length l1 and l2, and made of materials with the linear expansion coefficient α1 and α2, respectively, were soldered together. The equivalent coefficients of linear expansion for the obtained rod is:

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A calorimeter of water equivalent 5×103kg having 25×103kg of water takes 3 minutes to cool from 28 °C to 21 °C. When it is filled with 30×103kg of tarpin oil, it takes 2 minutes to cool from 28 °C to 21 °C. Specific heat of tarpin oil will be?