Properties Of Solids And Liquids Question 100
Question: A bimetallic strip is formed out of two identical strips, one of copper and other of brass. The coefficients of linear expansion of the two metals are and . On heating, the temperature of the strip goes up by DT and the strip bends to form an arc of radius of curvature R. Then R is [IIT-JEE (Screening) 1999]
Options:
A) Proportional to DT
B) Inversely proportional to DT
C) Proportional to
D) Inversely proportional to
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Answer:
Correct Answer: D
Solution:
Let L0 be the initial length of each strip before heating.
Length after heating will be
therefore
therefore
therefore
therefore