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SL ARORA-Thermal Properties of Matter-Exercise
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  2. Iron rims are heated red hot before planting on car wheels. Why?

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  3. In riveting boiler plates, red hot rivets are used. Why ?

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  4. A metal ball is heated through a certain temperature. Out of mass, rad...

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  5. A beaker filled with water at 4 .^(@)C over flows if the temperature o...

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  6. A block of wood is floating on water at 0^@C with a certain volume V a...

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  7. Is J a physical quantity ?

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  8. Why is J called a conversion factor?

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  9. When we rub our hands, they are warmed but only to a certain maximum t...

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  10. There is a slight temperature difference between the water fall at the...

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  11. Why do the brake drums of a car get heated, when the car moves down a ...

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  12. Can a given amount of mechanical energy be completely converted into h...

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  13. A match stick can be lighted by rubbing it against a rough surface. Wh...

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  14. If an electric fan be switched on in a closed room, will the air of th...

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  15. Give an example of a process in which no heat is transferred to or fro...

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  16. What is the difference between the specific heat and the molar specifi...

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  17. Why water is preferred to any other liquid in the hot water bottles?

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  18. The coolant in the nuclear reactor is

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  19. Why juice bottles are placed under water in the cold countries ?

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  20. Why is water used as an effective coolant in automobile radiators ?

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