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Linear and Volume Expansion Short Answer
1. What
considerations must be taken when developing new materials to be used in the physical
construction of
liquid thermometers? EXPLAIN IN DETAIL?
2. If
the cubical coefficient of expansion of a liquid were less than glass, how would such a
liquid-in-glass
thermometer register a rise in temperature?
3. CONTRAST
and COMPARE "Heat" and "Temperature"
4. You
are working with a covered container in the laboratory. When you attempt to
open the
container, you
discover that the lid was put on too tightly and find that it is impossible for
you
to remove. Explain
in explicit detail the procedure that you could hopefully use to successfully
remove the
troublesome lid? (You may only utilize an application of the concepts studied
in this
section,)
5. What
factors must be considered when permanently fusing two or more materials
together?
6. Does
the measurement of the expansion of a liquid contained in a bulb give a true
value for the
expansion of the
liquid? EXPLAIN!!
(TOP OF THE BULB MAY BE OPEN OR CLOSED
DEPENDING ON YOUR CHOICE)
7. When
a hot-water faucet is turned on, the flow often decreases gradually before it
settles down.
This is an annoyance in the shower; Why
does this happen?
8. The
rate at which a pendulum clock runs depends on the length of the pendulum.
Would a
pendulum clock
gain time or lose time in hot weather? EXPLAIN IN EXPLICIT DETAIL!!
9.
Would it be possible to design a pendulum using two different metals so that
the pendulum
would not change
in length with temperature changes? EXPLAIN IN DETAIL!
10. A
student claimed that thermometers are useless because a thermometer always
registers its
own temperature.
How would you respond to this statement?
11. A
thermometer is immersed into a very hot liquid and you discover upon very close
observation
that the mercury
level FIRST dropped and then started to rise.
EXPLAIN IN EXPLICIT DETAIL !!!!