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Answer the following


What factors effect the thermal conductivity of insulating
material?
For a given heat flow and for the same thickness, the
temperature drop
across the material will be maximum for [GATE-1996]
(a) Copper (b) Steel (c) Glass-wool (d) Refractory brick
A steel ball of mass 1kg and specific heat 0.4 kJ/kg is
at a temperature
of 60C. It is dropped into 1kg water at 20C. The
final steady state
temperature of water is: [GATE-1998]
(a) 23.5C (b) 300C (c) 35C (d) 40C
In descending order of magnitude, the thermal
conductivity of
a. Pure iron, [GATE-2001]
b. Liquid water,
c. Saturated water vapour, and
d. Pure aluminium can be arranged as
(a) a b c d (b) b c a d (c) d a b c (d) d c b a
Consider the following statements: [IES-1998]
The Fourier heat conduction equation Q kA dT
dx
= presumes
1. Steady-state conditions
2. Constant value of thermal conductivity.
3. Uniform temperatures at the wall surfaces
4. One-dimensional heat flow.
Of these statements:
(a) 1, 2 and 3 are correct (b) 1, 2 and 4 are correct
(c) 2, 3 and 4 are correct (d) 1, 3 and 4 are correct
Thermal diffusivity of a substance is: [IES-2006]
(a) Inversely proportional to thermal conductivity
(b) Directly proportional to thermal conductivity
(c) Directly proportional to the square of thermal conductivity
(d) Inversely proportional to the square of thermal conductivity
Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer
using the codes
given below the lists: [IES-1996]

List-I List-II
A. Momentum transfer 1. Thermal diffusivity
B. Mass transfer 2. Kinematic viscosity
C. Heat transfer 3. Diffusion coefficient
Codes: A B C A B C
(a) 2 3 1 (b) 1 3 2
(c) 3 2 1 (d) 1 2 3
In MLT system (T being time and temperature),
what is the
dimension of thermal conductivity? [IES-2009]
(a) ML T 1 1 3 (b) MLT1 1 (c) ML T1 3 (d) ML T 1 2
Heat flows through a
composite slab, as shown
below. The depth of the slab
is 1 m. The k values are in
W/mK. the overall thermal
resistance in K/W is:
(a) 17. (b) 21.9
(c) 28.6 (d) 39.2
[GATE-2005

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