A piece of glass is heated to a high temperature and then allowed to cool. If it cracks, a probable reason for this is the following property of glass

  • A

    Low thermal conductivity

  • B

    High thermal conductivity

  • C

    High specific heat

  • D

    High melting point

Similar Questions

Three identical rods have been joined at a junction to make it a $Y$ shape structure. If two free ends are maintained at $90\,^oC$ and the third end is at $30\,^oC$ , then what is the junction temperature $\theta $ ?......... $^oC$

Under steady state, the temperature of a body

The wall with a cavity consists of two layers of brick separated by a layer of air.All three layers have the same thickness and the thermal conductivity of the brick is much greater than that of air. The left layer is at a higher temperature than the right layer and steady state condition exists. Which of the following graphs predicts correctly the variation of temperature $T$ with distance $d$ inside the cavity?

Two vessels of different materials are similar in size in every respect. The same quantity of ice filled in them gets melted in $20$ minutes and $40$ minutes respectively. The ratio of thermal conductivities of the materials is 

Two plates $A$ and $B$ have thermal conductivities $84\,Wm ^{-1}\,K ^{-1}$ and $126\,Wm ^{-1}\,K ^{-1}$ respectively. They have same surface area and same thickness. They are placed in contact along their surfaces. If the temperatures of the outer surfaces of $A$ and $B$ are kept at $100^{\circ}\,C$ and $0{ }^{\circ}\,C$ respectively, then the temperature of the surface of contact in steady state is $..........\,{ }^{\circ} C$.

  • [JEE MAIN 2023]