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Explain why,
a body with large reflectivity is a poor emitter.

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  2. A brass boiler has a base area of 0.15 m^2 and thickness 1.0 cm it bol...

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  3. Explain why, a body with large reflectivity is a poor emitter.

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  4. Explain why, a brass tumbler feels much colder than a wooden tray on...

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  5. Assertion : The earth without its atmosphere would be inhospitably col...

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  6. A body cools from 80^(@)C to 50^(@)C in 5 min-utes Calculate the time ...

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  7. On hilly reason, water boils at 95^@C. The temperature expressed in Fa...

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  8. If the boiling point of water is 95^(@)F, what will be reduction at ce...

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  9. At what temperature is the Fahrenheit scale reading equal to (a) twi...

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  10. Resistance of tungsten wire at 150^(@)C is 133 Omega. Its resistance t...

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  12. The mechanical equivalent of heat J is

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  13. During constant temperature, we feel colder on a day when the relative...

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  14. When a body is heated, then maximum rise will be in its

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  15. A composite rod made of copper (alpha =1.8xx10^-5 K^-1) and steel (alp...

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  16. If the temperature of a rod is increased by 10^@C, its length increase...

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  17. The volume of a gas at 20^(@)C is 100 cm 3 at normal pressure. If it i...

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  18. The coefficient of volumetric expansion of mercury is 18xx10^(-5)//^(...

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  19. Coefficient of real expension of mercury is 0.18 xx 10^(-3//@)C. If th...

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  20. The density of a substance at 0^(@)C is 10 g//c c and at 100^(@)C, its...

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