TOPICS TO BE COVERED

• HEAT (WHAT, QUALITATIVE DESCRIPTION)

• ZEROTH LAW OF THERMODYNAMICS ( INTRODUCTION TO TEMPERATURE)
• MERCURY THERMOMETER
• PLATINUM RESISTANCE THERMOMETER (WHEATSTONE BRIDGE PRINCIPLE)
• WHY THERE IS A NEED OF ABSOLUTE SCALE OF TEMPERATURE?
• CONSTANT VOLUME GAS THERMOMETER
• APPROXIMATING IDEAL GAS TEMPERATURE SCALE TO ABSOLUTE TEMPERATURE SCALE
• THERMAL EXPANSION (Linear Expansion, Volume expansion)
• Brainstorming Questions(1-13) with descriptive solutions
Example on Constant Volume Gas
Thermometer
Example on Platinum Resistance
Thermometer
Example of Thermal Expansion
Brainstorming Questions
• If 2 bodies are in thermal equilibrium in one frame, will they be in
thermal equilibrium in all frames?
• Can the Bulb of a Thermometer be made of an adiabatic wall?
• Is it necessary that two bodies should be in thermal equilibrium?
• If an automobile engine is heated it is advised that the water should
be put slowly with the engine running. Explain the reason
• If mercury and glass had equal coefficient of volume expansion, could
we make a mercury thermometer in a glass tube