'Stem correction' in platinum resistance thermometers is eliminated by the use of

Dry ice is

$A$ student takes $50 \, g$ of wax (specific heat $= 0.6 \, cal/g \cdot ^\circ C$) and heats it until it boils. The graph between temperature and time is shown below. The heat supplied to the wax per minute and the boiling point are respectively:

Consider two thermometers $T_1$ and $T_2$ of equal length,which can be used to measure temperature over the range $\theta_1$ to $\theta_2$. $T_1$ contains mercury as the thermometric liquid,while $T_2$ contains bromine. The volumes of the two liquids are the same at the temperature $\theta_1$. The volumetric coefficients of expansion of mercury and bromine are $18 \times 10^{-5} \, K^{-1}$ and $108 \times 10^{-5} \, K^{-1}$,respectively. The increase in length of each liquid is the same for the same increase in temperature. If the diameters of the capillary tubes of the two thermometers are $d_1$ and $d_2$,respectively,then the ratio $d_1: d_2$ is closest to:

$A$ solid cube of mass $m$ at a temperature $\theta_0$ is heated at a constant rate. It becomes liquid at temperature $\theta_1$ and vapour at temperature $\theta_2$. Let $s_1$ and $s_2$ be specific heats in its solid and liquid states respectively. If $L_f$ and $L_v$ are latent heats of fusion and vaporisation respectively,then the minimum heat energy supplied to the cube until it vaporises is

The freezing point of a liquid decreases when pressure is increased,if the liquid: