Physics Past Questions and Answers

A platinum resistance thermometer wire has a resistance of 5 ohms at 0^oC and 5.5 ohms at 100^oC. Calculate the temperature of the wire when the resistance is 5.2 ohms

A bridge made of steel is 600m long. What is the daily variation in its length if the night-time and daytime temperatures are 10°C and 35°C respectively. The linear expansivity of steel is 0.000012C\(^{-1}\).

One of the most important applications of bi-metallic strip is found in the construction of

At constant pressure, the density of a fixed mass of gas is

How much heat is absorbed when a block of copper of mass 0.05kg and specific heat capacity 390Jkg^-1K^-1 is heated from 20^oC to 70^oC?