An ice cube of dimensions $60\,cm \times 50\,cm \times 20\,cm$ is placed in an insulation box of wall thickness $1\,cm$. The box keeping the ice cube at $0^{\circ}\,C$ of temperature is brought to a room of temperature $40^{\circ}\,C$. The rate of melting of ice is approximately. (Latent heat of fusion of ice is $3.4 \times 10^{5}\,J\,kg ^{-1}$ and thermal conducting of insulation wall is $0.05\,Wm ^{-10} C ^{-1}$ )

When two ends of a rod wrapped with cotton are maintained at different temperatures and after some time every point of the rod attains a constant temperature, then

Three rods of equal length and cross sectional area and coefficient of thermal conductivities $K, 2K$ and $3K$ are joined as shown in figure temperature of their ends are $110\ ^oC, 20\ ^oC$ and $0\ ^oC$ respectively then temperature of junction will be ……… $^oC$

An iron bar $\left(L_{1}=0.1\; m , A_{1}\right.$ $\left.=0.02 \;m ^{2}, K_{1}=79 \;W m ^{-1} K ^{-1}\right)$ and a brass bar $\left(L_{2}=0.1\; m , A_{2}=0.02\; m ^{2}\right.$ $K_{2}=109 \;Wm ^{-1} K ^{-1}$ are soldered end to end as shown in Figure. The free ends of the iron bar and brass bar are maintained at $373 \;K$ and $273\; K$ respectively. Obtain expressions for and hence compute

$(i)$ the temperature of the junction of the two bars,

$(ii)$ the equivalent thermal conductivity of the compound bar, and

$(iii)$ the heat current through the compound bar.

$Assertion :$ A brass tumbler feels much colder than a wooden tray on a chilly day.

$Reason :$ The thermal conductivity of brass is more than the thermal conductivity of wood.