A sphere, a cube and a thin circular plate, all made of the same material and having the same mass are initially heated to a temperature of $1000°C$ . Which one of these will cool first
Plate
Sphere
Cube
None of these
According to ‘Newton’s Law of cooling’, the rate of cooling of a body is proportional to the
The 'Kangri' is an earthen pot used to stay warm in Kashmir during the winter months. Assume that the 'Kangri' is spherical and of surface area $7 \times 10^{-2} \,m ^{2}$. It contains $300 g$ of a mixture of coal, wood and leaves with calorific value of $30 \,kJ / g$ (and provides heat with $10 \%$ efficiency). The surface temperature of the 'Kangri' is $60^{\circ} C$ and the room temperature is $0^{\circ} C$. Then, a reasonable estimate for the duration $t$ (in h) that the 'Kangri' heat will last is (take the 'Kangri' to be a black body)
A cubic metal block of mass $5 \,kg$ and edge length $0.1 \,m$ and at an initial temperature of $100^{\circ} C$ is placed on a thermally insulating flat surface and exposed to air at $0^{\circ} C$. The time in seconds required to cool the block to a temperature of $37^{\circ} C$ is closest to
(Note: Specific heat of the metal $=500 \,J / kg /{ }^{\circ} C$; Heat transfer coefficient from block to air $=50 \,W / m ^2 /{ }^{\circ} C$ )
A body cools in a surrounding which is at a constant temperature of ${\theta _0}$. Assume that it obeys Newton's law of cooling. Its temperature $\theta $ is plotted against time $t$ . Tangents are drawn to the curve at the points $P(\theta = {\theta _1})$ and $Q(\theta = {\theta _2})$. These tangents meet the time axis at angles of ${\varphi _2}$and ${\varphi _1}$, as shown