Home Work #1 - Thermal Contact Number: 9667591930

Properties of Matter / 8527521718

1 A pendulum clock runs faster by 5 seconds per day 5 Two rods, one made of aluminium and the other
at 20 C and goes slow by 10 second per day at 35
∘ ∘
C . It made of steel, having initial lengths l and l are
1 2

shows the correct time at a temperature of: connected together to form a single rod of length l + l .
1 2
∘
1. 27.5 C The coefficient of linear expansion for aluminium and
2. 25 C ∘
steel are α and α respectively. If the length of each rod
a s

3. 30 C ∘
increases by the same amount when their temperature is
4. 33 C ∘
raised by t C, then the ratio
∘
l1
is:
l1 +l2
αs
1. αa

2 The coefficients of linear expansion of brass and 2.

αa

αs
αa
steel rods are α1 and α2, lengths of brass and steel rods 3. αa +αs

are l1 and l2 respectively. If (l2 - l1) is maintained the 4. αs

αa +αs

same at all temperatures, Which one of the following

relations holds good? 6 The value of the coefficient of volume expansion of
1. α1l22 = α2l12
glycerin is 5 × 10 K-1. The fractional change in the
−4

2. α12l2 = α22l1 density of glycerin for a temperature increase of 40 C ∘

3. α1l1 = α2l2 will be:

4. α1l2 = α2l1 1. 0.015 2. 0.020

3. 0.025 4. 0.010

3 If two rods of length L and 2L having coefficients

of linear expansion α and 2α respectively are connected 7 A bimetallic strip is shown in the figure. On
so that their total length becomes 3L, the average cooling, which shape will it attain if α brass > αsteel :

coefficient of linear expansion of the composition of

rods equals:
3
1. α 2
5
2. 2
α

5
3. α 3

4. none of these

4 A copper rod of 88 cm and an aluminium rod of an

unknown length have an equal increase in their lengths
independent of an increase in temperature. The length of
1. 2.
the aluminium rod is: (α = 1. 7 × 10 K
Cu
−5 −1
and
−5 −1
αAl = 2. 2 × 10 K )

1. 68 cm
2. 6.8 cm
3. 113.9 cm
4. 88 cm
3. 4.

8 When a uniform rod is heated, which of its

following properties will increase as a result of it?
1. mass
2. weight
3. center of mass
4. moment of inertia

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Properties of Matter / 8527521718

9 A large steel wheel is to be fitted onto a shaft of the

same material. At 27 °C, the outer diameter of the shaft
is 8.70 cm and the wheel's central hole has a diameter of
8.69 cm. The shaft is cooled using ‘dry ice’. At what
temperature of the shaft does the wheel slip on the shaft?
(Assume the coefficient of linear expansion of the steel
to be constant over the required temperature range and
−5
α steel = 1.20 × 10 )
−1
K

1. 68°C
2. -70°C
3. -69°C
4. -67°C

10 The diagram shows a bimetallic strip used as a

thermostat in a circuit. Copper expands more than Invar
for the same temperature rise.

What will be switched on when the bimetallic strip

becomes hot?
1. bell only 2. lamp and bell only
3. motor and bell only 4. lamp, bell, and motor

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