WAEC - Physics (2009 - No. 16)
A rod of initial lenght 2m at a temperature of 25oC is heated to 80oC. Calculate the increase in length of the rod if its linear expansivity is 4.0 x 10-3K-1
0.26m
0.44m
0.53m
0.84m
Wyjaśnienie
\(l_2 - l_1 = \alpha l_1 (\theta_2 - \theta_1) = 4.0 \times 10^{-3} \times 2(80 - 25)\)
= 0.44m
= 0.44m