Three rods made of the same material and having the same cross-section have been joined as shown in the figure. Each rod has the same length. The left and right ends are kept at \(0^{\circ}\text{C}~\text{and}~90^{\circ}\text{C},\) respectively. The temperature at the junction of the three rods will be:
1. \(45^{\circ}\text{C}\)
2. \(60^{\circ}\text{C}\)
3. \(30^{\circ}\text{C}\)
4. \(20^{\circ}\text{C}\)
The two ends of a metal rod are maintained at temperatures \(100~^\circ\text{C}\) and \(110~^\circ\text{C}.\) The rate of heat flow in the rod is found to be \(4.0\) J/s. If the ends are maintained at temperatures \(200~^\circ \text{C}\) and \(210 ~^\circ \text{C},\) the rate of heat flow will be:
1. \(44.0\) J/s
2. \(16.8\) J/s
3. \(8.0\) J/s
4. \(4.0\) J/s
A deep rectangular pond of surface area \(A\), containing water (density = \(\rho,\) specific heat capacity = \(s\)), is located in a region where the outside air temperature is at a steady value of \(-26^{\circ}\text{C}\). The thickness of the ice layer in this pond at a certain instant is \(x\). Taking the thermal conductivity of ice as \(k\), and its specific latent heat of fusion as \(L\), the rate of increase of the thickness of the ice layer, at this instant, would be given by:
1. | \(\dfrac{26k}{x\rho L-4s}\) | 2. | \(\dfrac{26k}{x^2\rho L}\) |
3. | \(\dfrac{26k}{x\rho L}\) | 4. | \(\dfrac{26k}{x\rho L+4s}\) |
A slab of stone with an area \(0.36~\text{m}^{2}\) and thickness of \(0.1~\text{m}\) is exposed on the lower surface to steam at \(100^\circ\text{C}.\) A block of ice at \(0^{\circ}\text{C}\) rests on the upper surface of the slab. In one hour \(4.8~\text{kg}\) of ice is melted. The thermal conductivity of the slab will be:
(Given latent heat of fusion of ice \(= 3.36\times10^{5}~\text{JKg}^{-1}\))
1. \(1.29~\text{J/m/s/}^{\circ}\text{C}\)
2. \(2.05~\text{J/m/s/}^{\circ}\text{C}\)
3. \(1.02~\text{J/m/s/}^{\circ}\text{C}\)
4. \(1.24~\text{J/m/s/}^{\circ}\text{C}\)
Four rods of the same material with different radii \(r\) and the length \(l\) are used to connect two heat reservoirs at different temperatures. In which of the following cases is the heat conduction fastest?
1. \(r = \frac{1}{3}~\text{cm}, l = \frac{1}{9}~\text{cm}\)
2. \(r =3~\text{cm}, l =9~\text{cm}\)
3. \(r =4~\text{cm}, l =8~\text{cm}\)
4. \(r =1~\text{cm}, l =1~\text{cm}\)
The mud houses are cooler in the summer and warmer in the winter because:
1. | The mud is a superconductor of heat. |
2. | The mud is a good conductor of heat. |
3. | The mud is a bad conductor of heat. |
4. | None of the above. |
Two conducting slabs of heat conductivity \(K_{1} ~\text{and}~K_{2}\) are joined as shown in figure. If the temperature at the ends of the slabs are \(\theta_{1}~\text{and}~\theta_{2} \ (\theta_{1} > \theta_{2} ), \) then the final temperature \( \left(\theta\right)_{m} \) of the junction will be:
1. | \(\frac{K_{1} \theta_{1} + K_{2} \theta_{2}}{K_{1} + K_{2}}\) | 2. | \(\frac{K_{1} \theta_{2} + K_{2} \theta_{1}}{K_{1} + K_{2}}\) |
3. | \(\frac{K_{1} \theta_{2} + K_{2} \theta_{1}}{K_{1} - K_{2}}\) | 4. | None |
Two rods, A and B, of different materials having the same cross-sectional area are welded together as shown in the figure. Their thermal conductivities are and . The thermal conductivity of the composite rod will be:
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