NEET-XII-Physics
28: Heat Transfer
- #1The thermal conductivity of a rod depends on
(a) length
(b) mass
(c) area of cross section
(d) material of the roddigAnsr: dAns : (d) material of the rod
The thermal conductivity of a rod depends only on the material of the rod. For example, metals are much better conductors than non-metals because metals have large number of free electron that can move freely anywhere in the body of the metal and carry thermal energy from one place to other. Also, 2 copper rods having different lengths and areas of cross-section have same thermal conductivity that depends only on the number of free electrons in copper.
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