One end of a metal rod of length $1.0 \ m$ and area of cross-section $100 \ cm^2$ is maintained at $100^{\circ}C$. If the other end of the rod is maintained at $0^{\circ}C$,the quantity of heat transmitted through the rod per minute is (Coefficient of thermal conductivity of the material of the rod = $100 \ W/m-K$).

One end of a copper rod of uniform cross-section and of length $3.1 \ m$ is kept in contact with ice at $0^{\circ}C$ and the other end with water at $100^{\circ}C$. At what point along its length should a temperature of $200^{\circ}C$ be maintained so that in steady state,the mass of ice melting is equal to the mass of steam produced in the same interval of time? Assume that the whole system is insulated from the surroundings. Latent heat of fusion of ice and vaporisation of water are $80 \ cal/g$ and $540 \ cal/g$ respectively.

One end of a copper rod of length $1.0 \; m$ and area of cross-section $10^{-3} \; m^2$ is immersed in boiling water and the other end in ice. If the coefficient of thermal conductivity of copper is $92 \; cal/(m \cdot s \cdot ^\circ C)$ and the latent heat of ice is $8 \times 10^4 \; cal/kg$,then the amount of ice which will melt in one minute is:

The lengths of two rods made of the same metal and having the same area of cross-section are $0.6 \ m$ and $0.8 \ m$ respectively. The temperatures at the ends of the first rod are $90^{\circ}C$ and $60^{\circ}C$,and those for the second rod are $150^{\circ}C$ and $110^{\circ}C$. For which rod will the rate of heat conduction be greater?

On which factor does the thermal conductivity depend?

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