{"id":4568,"date":"2016-05-17T09:49:00","date_gmt":"2016-05-17T04:19:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mycbseguide.com\/blog\/ncert-solutions-class-11-physics-thermal-properties-of-matter\/"},"modified":"2018-10-22T17:07:31","modified_gmt":"2018-10-22T11:37:31","slug":"ncert-solutions-for-class-11-physics-thermal-properties-of-matter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mycbseguide.com\/blog\/ncert-solutions-for-class-11-physics-thermal-properties-of-matter\/","title":{"rendered":"NCERT Solutions For Class 11 Physics Thermal Properties of Matter"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_76 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-grey ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 eztoc-toggle-hide-by-default' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/mycbseguide.com\/blog\/ncert-solutions-for-class-11-physics-thermal-properties-of-matter\/#NCERT_Class_11_Physics_Chapter_wise_Solutions\" >NCERT Class 11\u00a0Physics Chapter wise Solutions<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/mycbseguide.com\/blog\/ncert-solutions-for-class-11-physics-thermal-properties-of-matter\/#CHAPTER_11_THERMAL_PROPERTIES_OF_MATTER\" >CHAPTER 11 THERMAL PROPERTIES OF MATTER<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/mycbseguide.com\/blog\/ncert-solutions-for-class-11-physics-thermal-properties-of-matter\/#NCERT_Solutions_For_Class_11_Physics_Thermal_Properties_of_Matter\" >NCERT Solutions For Class 11 Physics Thermal Properties of Matter<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/mycbseguide.com\/blog\/ncert-solutions-for-class-11-physics-thermal-properties-of-matter\/#NCERT_Solutions_for_Class_11_Physics\" >NCERT Solutions for Class 11 Physics<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/mycbseguide.com\/blog\/ncert-solutions-for-class-11-physics-thermal-properties-of-matter\/#CBSE_app_for_Class_11\" >CBSE app for Class 11<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<p>NCERT Solutions For Class 11 Physics Thermal Properties of Matter Class 11 Physics Class book solutions are available in PDF format for free download. These ncert book chapter wise questions and answers are very helpful for CBSE exam. CBSE recommends NCERT books and most of the questions in CBSE exam are asked from NCERT text books. Class 11 Physics chapter wise NCERT solution for Physics part 1 and Physics part 2 for all the chapters can be downloaded from our website and myCBSEguide mobile app for free.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Download\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/mycbseguide.com\/downloads\/cbse-class-11-physics\/1340\/ncert-solutions\/5\/\">NCERT solutions for Thermal Properties of Matter\u00a0<\/a>\u00a0as PDF.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/media-mycbseguide.s3.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com\/images\/blog\/11%20physics%20Book%201.jpg\" alt=\"NCERT Solutions For Class 11 Physics Thermal Properties of Matter\" width=\"128\" height=\"169\" \/><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"NCERT_Class_11_Physics_Chapter_wise_Solutions\"><\/span>NCERT Class 11\u00a0Physics Chapter wise Solutions<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>1 \u2013 Physical World<\/li>\n<li>2 \u2013 Units and Measurements<\/li>\n<li>3 \u2013 Motion in a Straight line<\/li>\n<li>4 \u2013 Motion in a Plane<\/li>\n<li>5 \u2013 Laws of Motion<\/li>\n<li>6 \u2013 Work, Energy and Power<\/li>\n<li>7 \u2013 System of Particles and Rotational motion<\/li>\n<li>8 \u2013 Gravitation<\/li>\n<li>9 \u2013 Mechanical Properties of Solids<\/li>\n<li>10 \u2013 Mechanical properties of fluids<\/li>\n<li>11 \u2013 Thermal Properties of matter<\/li>\n<li>12 \u2013 Thermodynamics<\/li>\n<li>13 \u2013 Kinetic Theory<\/li>\n<li>14 \u2013 Oscillations<\/li>\n<li>15 \u2013 Waves<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"CHAPTER_11_THERMAL_PROPERTIES_OF_MATTER\"><\/span>CHAPTER 11 THERMAL PROPERTIES OF MATTER<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>11.1 Introduction<\/li>\n<li>11.2 Temperature and heat<\/li>\n<li>11.3 Measurement of temperature<\/li>\n<li>11.4 Ideal-gas equation and absolute temperature<\/li>\n<li>11.5 Thermal expansion<\/li>\n<li>11.6 Specific heat capacity<\/li>\n<li>11.7 Calorimetry<\/li>\n<li>11.8 Change of state<\/li>\n<li>11.9 Heat transfer<\/li>\n<li>11.10 Newton\u2019s law of cooling<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"NCERT_Solutions_For_Class_11_Physics_Thermal_Properties_of_Matter\"><\/span>NCERT Solutions For Class 11 Physics Thermal Properties of Matter<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">1. The triple points of neon and carbon dioxide are 24.57 K and 216.55 K respectively. Express these temperatures on the Celsius and Fahrenheit scales.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">2. Two absolute scales A and B have triple points of water defined to be 200 A and 350 B. What is the relation between<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"height: 24px; width: 67px;\" src=\"https:\/\/media-mycbseguide.s3.amazonaws.com\/images\/static\/ncert\/11\/physics\/ch10\/image011.png\" \/>?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">3. The electrical resistance in ohms of a certain thermometer varies with temperature according to the approximate law:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"height: 29px; width: 167px;\" src=\"https:\/\/media-mycbseguide.s3.amazonaws.com\/images\/static\/ncert\/11\/physics\/ch10\/image022.png\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The resistance is 101.6 <img decoding=\"async\" style=\"height: 18px; width: 18px;\" src=\"https:\/\/media-mycbseguide.s3.amazonaws.com\/images\/static\/ncert\/11\/physics\/ch10\/image023.png\" \/>at the triple-point of water 273.16 K, and 165.5 <img decoding=\"async\" style=\"height: 18px; width: 18px;\" src=\"https:\/\/media-mycbseguide.s3.amazonaws.com\/images\/static\/ncert\/11\/physics\/ch10\/image023.png\" \/>at the normal melting point of lead (600.5 K). What is the temperature when the resistance is 123.4<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"height: 18px; width: 18px;\" src=\"https:\/\/media-mycbseguide.s3.amazonaws.com\/images\/static\/ncert\/11\/physics\/ch10\/image023.png\" \/>?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">4. Answer the following:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">(a) The triple-point of water is a standard fixed point in modern thermometry. Why? What is wrong in taking the melting point of ice and the boiling point of water as standard fixed points (as was originally done in the Celsius scale)?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">(b) There were two fixed points in the original Celsius scale as mentioned above which were assigned the number 0 \u00b0C and 100 \u00b0C respectively. On the absolute scale, one of the fixed points is the triple-point of water, which on the Kelvin absolute scale is assigned the number 273.16 K. What is the other fixed point on this (Kelvin) scale?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">(c) The absolute temperature (Kelvin scale) <em>T<\/em> is related to the temperature <em>t<\/em>c on the Celsius scale by<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"height: 24px; width: 13px;\" src=\"https:\/\/media-mycbseguide.s3.amazonaws.com\/images\/static\/ncert\/11\/physics\/ch10\/image036.png\" \/>= <em>T<\/em> &#8211; 273.15<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Why do we have 273.15 in this relation, and not 273.16?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">(d) What is the temperature of the triple-point of water on an absolute scale whose unit interval size is equal to that of the Fahrenheit scale?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">5. Two ideal gas thermometers A and Buse oxygen and hydrogen respectively. The following observations are made:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"Picture 2\" style=\"height: 125px; width: 620px;\" src=\"https:\/\/media-mycbseguide.s3.amazonaws.com\/images\/static\/ncert\/11\/physics\/ch10\/image045.png\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">(a) What is the absolute temperature of normal melting point of sulphur as read by thermometers A and B<em>?<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">(b) What do you think is the reason behind the slight difference in answers of thermometers A and B<em>?<\/em> (The thermometers are not faulty). What further procedure is needed in the experiment to reduce the discrepancy between the two readings?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">6. A steel tape 1m long is correctly calibrated for a temperature of 27.0 \u00b0C. The length of a steel rod measured by this tape is found to be 63.0 cm on a hot day when the temperature is 45.0 \u00b0C. What is the actual length of the steel rod on that day? What is the length of the same steel rod on a day when the temperature is 27.0 \u00b0C? Coefficient of linear expansion of steel =<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"height: 22px; width: 100px;\" src=\"https:\/\/media-mycbseguide.s3.amazonaws.com\/images\/static\/ncert\/11\/physics\/ch10\/image055.png\" \/>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">7. A large steel wheel is to be fitted on to a shaft of the same material. At 27 \u00b0C, the outer diameter of the shaft is 8.70 cm and the diameter of the central hole in the wheel is 8.69 cm. The shaft is cooled using &#8216;dry ice&#8217;. At what temperature of the shaft does the wheel slip on the shaft? Assume coefficient of linear expansion of the steel to be constant over the required temperature range: <img decoding=\"async\" style=\"height: 24px; width: 32px;\" src=\"https:\/\/media-mycbseguide.s3.amazonaws.com\/images\/static\/ncert\/11\/physics\/ch10\/image061.png\" \/>=<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"height: 22px; width: 100px;\" src=\"https:\/\/media-mycbseguide.s3.amazonaws.com\/images\/static\/ncert\/11\/physics\/ch10\/image055.png\" \/>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">8. A hole is drilled in a copper sheet. The diameter of the hole is 4.24 cm at 27.0 \u00b0C. What is the change in the diameter of the hole when the sheet is heated to 227 \u00b0C? Coefficient of linear expansion of copper =<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"height: 22px; width: 94px;\" src=\"https:\/\/media-mycbseguide.s3.amazonaws.com\/images\/static\/ncert\/11\/physics\/ch10\/image069.png\" \/>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">9. A brass wire 1.8 m long at 27 \u00b0C is held taut with little tension between two rigid supports. If the wire is cooled to a temperature of -39 \u00b0C, what is the tension developed in the wire, if its diameter is 2.0 mm? Co-efficient of linear expansion of brass =<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"height: 22px; width: 88px;\" src=\"https:\/\/media-mycbseguide.s3.amazonaws.com\/images\/static\/ncert\/11\/physics\/ch10\/image085.png\" \/>; Young&#8217;s modulus of brass =<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"height: 22px; width: 89px;\" src=\"https:\/\/media-mycbseguide.s3.amazonaws.com\/images\/static\/ncert\/11\/physics\/ch10\/image086.png\" \/>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">10. A brass rod of length 50 cm and diameter 3.0 mm is joined to a steel rod of the same length and diameter. What is the change in length of the combined rod at 250 \u00b0C, if the original lengths are at 40.0 \u00b0C? Is there a &#8216;thermal stress&#8217; developed at the junction? The ends of the rod are free to expand (Co-efficient of linear expansion of brass =<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"height: 22px; width: 88px;\" src=\"https:\/\/media-mycbseguide.s3.amazonaws.com\/images\/static\/ncert\/11\/physics\/ch10\/image085.png\" \/>, steel =<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"height: 22px; width: 92px;\" src=\"https:\/\/media-mycbseguide.s3.amazonaws.com\/images\/static\/ncert\/11\/physics\/ch10\/image098.png\" \/>).<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">11. The coefficient of volume expansion of glycerin is<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"height: 22px; width: 85px;\" src=\"https:\/\/media-mycbseguide.s3.amazonaws.com\/images\/static\/ncert\/11\/physics\/ch10\/image110.png\" \/>. What is the fractional change in its density for a 30 \u00b0C rise in temperature?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">12. A 10 kW drilling machine is used to drill a bore in a small aluminium block of mass 8.0 kg. How much is the rise in temperature of the block in 2.5 minutes, assuming 50% of power is used up in heating the machine itself or lost to the surroundings. Specific heat of aluminium = 0.91 J<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"height: 24px; width: 47px;\" src=\"https:\/\/media-mycbseguide.s3.amazonaws.com\/images\/static\/ncert\/11\/physics\/ch10\/image122.png\" \/>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">13. A copper block of mass 2.5 kg is heated in a furnace to a temperature of 500 \u00b0C and then placed on a large ice block. What is the maximum amount of ice that can melt? (Specific heat of copper = 0.39 J<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"height: 24px; width: 53px;\" src=\"https:\/\/media-mycbseguide.s3.amazonaws.com\/images\/static\/ncert\/11\/physics\/ch10\/image135.png\" \/>; heat of fusion of water = 335 J<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"height: 24px; width: 23px;\" src=\"https:\/\/media-mycbseguide.s3.amazonaws.com\/images\/static\/ncert\/11\/physics\/ch10\/image136.png\" \/>).<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">14. In an experiment on the specific heat of a metal, a 0.20 kg block of the metal at 150 \u00b0C is dropped in a copper calorimeter (of water equivalent 0.025 kg) containing 150 cm3 of water at 27 \u00b0C. The final temperature is 40 \u00b0C. Compute the specific heat of the metal. If heat losses to the surroundings are not negligible, is your answer greater or smaller than the actual value for specific heat of the metal?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">15. Given below are observations on molar specific heats at room temperature of some common gases.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"Picture 3\" style=\"height: 287px; width: 336px;\" src=\"https:\/\/media-mycbseguide.s3.amazonaws.com\/images\/static\/ncert\/11\/physics\/ch10\/image150.png\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The measured molar specific heats of these gases are markedly different from those for monatomic gases. Typically, molar specific heat of a monatomic gas is 2.92 cal\/mol K. Explain this difference. What can you infer from the somewhat larger (than the rest) value for chlorine?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">16. Answer the following questions based on the <em>P<\/em>&#8211;<em>T<\/em> phase diagram of carbon dioxide:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">(a) At what temperature and pressure can the solid, liquid and vapour phases of <img decoding=\"async\" style=\"height: 24px; width: 35px;\" src=\"https:\/\/media-mycbseguide.s3.amazonaws.com\/images\/static\/ncert\/11\/physics\/ch10\/image154.png\" \/>co-exist in equilibrium?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">(b) What is the effect of decrease of pressure on the fusion and boiling point of <img decoding=\"async\" style=\"height: 24px; width: 35px;\" src=\"https:\/\/media-mycbseguide.s3.amazonaws.com\/images\/static\/ncert\/11\/physics\/ch10\/image154.png\" \/>?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">(c) What are the critical temperature and pressure for <img decoding=\"async\" style=\"height: 24px; width: 35px;\" src=\"https:\/\/media-mycbseguide.s3.amazonaws.com\/images\/static\/ncert\/11\/physics\/ch10\/image154.png\" \/>? What is their significance?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">(d) Is <img decoding=\"async\" style=\"height: 24px; width: 35px;\" src=\"https:\/\/media-mycbseguide.s3.amazonaws.com\/images\/static\/ncert\/11\/physics\/ch10\/image154.png\" \/> solid, liquid or gas at (a) -70 \u00b0C under 1 atm, (b) -60 \u00b0C under 10 atm, (c) 15 \u00b0C under 56 atm?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">17. Answer the following questions based on the <em>P-T<\/em> phase diagram of <img decoding=\"async\" style=\"height: 24px; width: 35px;\" src=\"https:\/\/media-mycbseguide.s3.amazonaws.com\/images\/static\/ncert\/11\/physics\/ch10\/image154.png\" \/>:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">(a)<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"height: 24px; width: 35px;\" src=\"https:\/\/media-mycbseguide.s3.amazonaws.com\/images\/static\/ncert\/11\/physics\/ch10\/image154.png\" \/> at 1 atm pressure and temperature &#8211; 60 \u00b0C is compressed isothermally. Does it go through a liquid phase?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">(b) What happens when <img decoding=\"async\" style=\"height: 24px; width: 35px;\" src=\"https:\/\/media-mycbseguide.s3.amazonaws.com\/images\/static\/ncert\/11\/physics\/ch10\/image154.png\" \/>at 4 atm pressure is cooled from room temperature at constant pressure?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">(c) Describe qualitatively the changes in a given mass of solid <img decoding=\"async\" style=\"height: 24px; width: 35px;\" src=\"https:\/\/media-mycbseguide.s3.amazonaws.com\/images\/static\/ncert\/11\/physics\/ch10\/image154.png\" \/>at 10 atm pressure and temperature -65 \u00b0C as it is heated up to room temperature at constant pressure.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">(d) <img decoding=\"async\" style=\"height: 24px; width: 35px;\" src=\"https:\/\/media-mycbseguide.s3.amazonaws.com\/images\/static\/ncert\/11\/physics\/ch10\/image154.png\" \/>is heated to a temperature 70 \u00b0C and compressed isothermally. What changes in its properties do you expect to observe?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">18. A child running a temperature of 101\u00b0F is given an antipyrin (i.e. a medicine that lowers fever) which causes an increase in the rate of evaporation of sweat from his body. If the fever is brought down to 98 \u00b0F in 20 min, what is the average rate of extra evaporation caused, by the drug? Assume the evaporation mechanism to be the only way by which heat is lost. The mass of the child is 30 kg. The specific heat of human body is approximately the same as that of water, and latent heat of evaporation of water at that temperature is about 580 cal <img decoding=\"async\" style=\"height: 24px; width: 24px;\" src=\"https:\/\/media-mycbseguide.s3.amazonaws.com\/images\/static\/ncert\/11\/physics\/ch10\/image138.png\" \/>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">19. A &#8216;thermacole&#8217; icebox is a cheap and efficient method for storing small quantities of cooked food in summer in particular. A cubical icebox of side 30 cm has a thickness of 5.0 cm. If 4.0 kg of ice is put in the box, estimate the amount of ice remaining after 6 h. The outside temperature is 45 \u00b0C, and co-efficient of thermal conductivity of thermacole is<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"height: 22px; width: 114px;\" src=\"https:\/\/media-mycbseguide.s3.amazonaws.com\/images\/static\/ncert\/11\/physics\/ch10\/image166.png\" \/>. [Heat of fusion of water =<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"height: 24px; width: 101px;\" src=\"https:\/\/media-mycbseguide.s3.amazonaws.com\/images\/static\/ncert\/11\/physics\/ch10\/image167.png\" \/>]\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">20. A brass boiler has a base area of 0.15 <img decoding=\"async\" style=\"height: 22px; width: 23px;\" src=\"https:\/\/media-mycbseguide.s3.amazonaws.com\/images\/static\/ncert\/11\/physics\/ch10\/image174.png\" \/> and thickness 1.0 cm. It boils water at the rate of 6.0 kg\/min when placed on a gas stove. Estimate the temperature of the part of the flame in contact with the boiler. Thermal conductivity of brass = <img decoding=\"async\" style=\"height: 22px; width: 109px;\" src=\"https:\/\/media-mycbseguide.s3.amazonaws.com\/images\/static\/ncert\/11\/physics\/ch10\/image175.png\" \/>; Heat of vaporisation of water =<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"height: 24px; width: 111px;\" src=\"https:\/\/media-mycbseguide.s3.amazonaws.com\/images\/static\/ncert\/11\/physics\/ch10\/image176.png\" \/>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">21. Explain why:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">(a) a body with large reflectivity is a poor emitter<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">(b) a brass tumbler feels much colder than a wooden tray on a chilly day<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">(c) an optical pyrometer (for measuring high temperatures) calibrated for an ideal black body radiation gives too low a value for the temperature of a red hot iron piece in the open, but gives a correct value for the temperature when the same piece is in the furnace<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">(d) the earth without its atmosphere would be inhospitably cold<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">(e) heating systems based on circulation of steam are more efficient in warming a building than those based on circulation of hot water<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">22. A body cools from 80 \u00b0C to 50 \u00b0C in 5 minutes. Calculate the time it takes to cool from 60 \u00b0C to 30 \u00b0C. 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