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If you touch a piece of iron and a piece of wood laying exposed to the heat of the sun, which one feels hotter and why

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MBD PUBLICATION-THERMAL PROPERTIES OF MATTER (HEAT TRANSFER)-QUESTION BANK
  1. Give the units of thermal conductivity in different systems ?

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  2. On what facters does the thermal conductivity of a metal depend ?

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  3. If you touch a piece of iron and a piece of wood laying exposed to the...

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  4. What kind of thermal conductivity and specific heat requirements would...

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  5. On what factors does the rate of rise of temperature depend during var...

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  6. Why is clear night cooler than cloudy night ?

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  7. If temperature of a black body increases then what does happen to the ...

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  8. When is the value of emissive power of perfect black surface equal to ...

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  9. State the units of Stefan's constant.

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  10. Do bodies at 0^@c radiate heat ?

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  11. Give the difference between heat and light radiation .

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  12. At what common temperature would a block of wood and a block of metal ...

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  13. What is prevost's theory of heat exchange ?

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  14. Why do we pack ice in gunny bags ?

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  15. What is emissivity of a body ? How it is related to absorbing power ?

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  16. What is wien's displacement law?

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  17. How radiant emittance of a body is connected to emissive power ? Expla...

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  18. State Stefan's law of radiation.

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  19. What is Ferry's concept of a perfect black body.

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  20. Distinguish between land breeze and sea breeze.

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